Starting with the iOS 14 version, Apple has introduced an additional feature to protect the privacy of users on iPhone devices. Although this feature has been present on the devices for some time, many do not know what the green spot or orange on the iPhone screen, which appears at the top.C
Through these two indicators, users can easily find out if an iPhone application is trying to spy on the camera or device microphone, even if it runs in the background or the user accidentally opens it.
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What is the green spot on the iPhone screen
When a green spot appears at the top of the iPhone screen 
, means that an app uses the camera / video camera and microphone. Most of the time, this green ball when a photo capture, video or video call (FaceTime, WhatsApp) is opened.
What is the Orange point on the iPhone screen
The orange point 
From the iPhone screen indicates that an application uses the device microphone and can capture sound. This indicator occurs every time the user is during a voice call, when the recorder app or the dictation option is used.
So, when an application uses the camera and / or microphone, a green or orange indicator will appear at the top of the screen. If the green spot or orange is not present, it does not mean that the microphone and camera are completely stopped. In order for the vocal assistant to work, the microphone of iPhone devices permanently captures the ambient sound. In addition to the Siri vocal assistant, there are other iPhone functions that require the microphone or camera, without the two indicators being present.
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In conclusion, if you are afraid that you are being watched and spied on your own phone, you will have more services to the device, even if Apple says that these data (sound and image) are not stored on the company's servers.
