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I hate to use this thread as a general forum for complaints against YouTube, but I've come across some concerning behavior. I've gotten fed up with the app, so

I hate to use this thread as a general forum for complaints against YouTube, but I've come across some concerning behavior. I've gotten fed up with the app, so this morning I decided to use Firefox mobile to play a video on YouTube.com Whenever the video plays, my microphone turns on. The thing is I have my microphone permissions in Firefox turned off, with no exceptions. Has anyone else encountered this behaviour?

Larrikin 3y ago
That isn't possible on Android and most likely iOS if you actually have the permission off.
- AShyFig 3y ago
  I did some more digging just now since this was bugging me so much. Behavior persisted after restarting firefox. Under firefox settings/site permissions the microphone is "Blocked by Android" So I decided to double check my android settings, and was greeted by some splash page explaining what the permissions settings page was for. (Perhaps this page appeared after a recent update?) After clearing the page I see Firefox microphone permissions sitting in the "ask every time" catagory. Im 100% sure i did not get asked or give permission for microphone usage. I go back to Firefox and YouTube no longer accesses my microphone when playing a video. The only variable I can think of was clearing that splash page. Mysterious. :)
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