Suddenly today we received many inquiries, most of which were asking, "Is my device hacked?" And "How do I protect my device from being hacked?" The truth is we admired these questions that come from more than one person at the same time, and it turned out that some articles on the Internet, and even in large sites such as the Emirates today, published articles stating that the orange dot means that the device is penetrated, and this is part of the article ...

IOS 14, released this week, displays a small orange dot in the upper corner of the iPhone's screen, next to the battery indicator. And beware IOS 14 feature New persons from the spying operations through sound or image.

Of course, this statement is never accurate, the orange and green point in the iOS 14 update does not mean that your device is hacked or that someone is spying on you, this point is simply an indication that the microphone or camera is working one or both of them, and it never means that your device is hacked, and the evidence is that if you open it The system's camera application, you will see a green dot and this is an indicator that the camera is open, and if you make a phone call, an orange dot will appear and this is an indicator that the microphone is open.

What is the green and orange point?

We wrote an article we recommend that you read (10 ways iOS 14 protects your privacyIn this article, we explain why Apple put the green and orange dot.

IOS 14 displays a green indicator at the top of the screen to use the camera, and the microphone indicator lights up in orange. So you can know when an app is trying to access it. You can also find out which application is trying to access these resources by opening Control Center.

What is the name of the application that uses the camera and microphone?

Simply when you see this point, open the control center by swiping from the top in the place of the point, or from the bottom if you have a device with a main button, and in the control center the name of the application will be written with an icon indicating if it uses the camera or microphone.

What is the benefit of this feature?

As we told us before, this feature does not tell if your device is hacked or not, you should also know that iPhone devices are difficult to penetrate, and they do not need an anti-virus (We have explained this beforeThe benefit of this feature is to close the door to applications by opening the microphone or camera without your knowledge, for example an application that took permission from you to open the microphone to send an audio message, after sending the microphone must be closed, and if the indicator remains present throughout the use of the application this means that the application can still listen to you, This is an indication for you that this application has a software bug or that the developer really intends to listen for one reason or another, and in any case the matter is clear to you and you can delete the application if you do not find a logical explanation for continuing to open the microphone. So it's a very useful feature that forces apps to be more transparent.

My dear brother, you are a follower of the iPhone Islam, you are educated, and you know the finer details of the technology, do not make social media sites convince you of illogical things, and we are always with you, if you have any questions, contact us, and share the article to benefit others

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