Navigate Digital Privacy: App Permissions Audit

In this episode, welcome to Digital Privacy : Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t. I'm Sam and today's episode starts with a quick app permissions audit to stop location and mic access you forgot about. Many phones still grant those rights to apps that no longer need them. One sentence on the risk is enough here because the real work is in the fix. Open your settings and review every entry that shows always-on location or microphone use. On iOS you tap Privacy and Welcome to Digital Privacy : Let's Make Sense of This Sh*t. I'm Sam and today's episode starts with a quick app permissions audit to stop location and mic access you forgot about. Many phones still grant those rights to apps that no longer need them. One sentence on the risk is enough here because the real work is in the fix. Open your settings and review every entry that shows always-on location or microphone use. On iOS you tap Privacy and Security then Location Services followed by each listed app. On Android you head to Privacy then Permission manager and check both location and microphone sections. Remove the permission whenever the app does not require it for core tasks. This audit takes about fifteen minutes and you can finish it before the weekend ends. Once those changes are done we move to the next set of checks. Many apps request access to your location or microphone when you Subscribe for weekly explainers — no guru fluff, just tactics you can apply this week. 📩 Have questions or want to share your experience? Reach out at [email protected]. 💛 Join Our Supporters Club ($3 a month) 💛 Ad-free listening + early episodes — help keep independent media alive. Click Here: https://www.spreaker.com/podca...