WhatsApp: is the Meta app listening to your conversations, and how to check microphone usage

TechWhatsApp: is the Meta app listening to your conversations, and how to check microphone usageWhatsApp has denied claims and says messages were a bug in the Google’s Android operating system There have been concerns that WhatsApp is attempting to access the microphones within people’s phones when users are asleep.The privacy menus within Google’s Android operating system have been showing concerning messages on people’s phones which has led to fears that they are being listened to. However, WhatsApp believes the issue is a bug within Android and denies claims that it constantly uses the microphone on smartphones even when the app is not in use. The issue was first raised on 6 May by Foad Dabiri, a Twitter engineer, who tweeted a screenshot of his microphone access page available for Android users. He wrote: “WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6AM (and that’s just a part of the timeline!) What’s going on?”The fire was further fuelled by Elon Musk, who shared the tweet saying: “WhatsApp cannot be trusted”. The claim also follows similar reports of the same problem on Twitter and Reddit, with questions such as “Why is my WhatsApp
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