Published by Objective Development on 2023-09-12
1. By pressing a configurable hotkey, Micro Snitch shows the current microphone or camera activity textually, which VoiceOver reads automatically.
2. With Micro Snitch you always know whether some app is currently using your microphone and its logging facilities allow you to reveal any suspicious activities later on.
3. An on-screen overlay is shown while the micro phone or camera is turned on to make sure you won’t miss it even if the menu bar isn’t currently visible.
4. Fair enough, you might see the camera’s indicator light, but what if you are away from your computer? And for the microphone there is no activity indication at all, so you won’t notice if the microphone is turned on even if you’re sitting right in front of your Mac.
5. Micro Snitch shows notifications when devices become active or inactive.
6. Note: Micro Snitch was tested with as many different Mac computers and audio/video devices as we could get our hands on.
7. Any current microphone or camera activity is displayed in the menu bar.
8. The limitations we found are documented in the “Compatibility” section of the Micro Snitch FAQ ( ), but there may be other compatibility issues that are not yet known.
9. It monitors and reports any microphone and camera activity to help you figure out if someone’s spying on you.
10. Micro Snitch plays nicely with the accessibility features built into OS X, like VoiceOver.
11. Never miss any microphone or camera activity, even in your absence.
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
Install Micro Snitch app on your Windows in 4 steps below:
Download a Compatible APK for PC
Download | Developer | Rating | Current version |
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Get APK for PC → | Objective Development | 1 | 1.6.1 |
For Windows 11, check if there's a native Micro Snitch Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:
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Get Micro Snitch on Apple macOS
Download | Developer | Reviews | Rating |
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Get $3.99 on Mac | Objective Development | 0 | 1 |
Download on Android: Download Android
Simple but imortant
Works as advertised
Since I don’t want to put “tape” on my MacBook...
no longer works on apple silicon and/or big sur