Camera & Microphone Blocker

Easily block your webcam and microphone from external hacking in one click!

Camera & Microphone Blocker - Privacy Protection App

"Camera & Microphone Blocker" is a free Android app that protects your privacy by blocking internal and external access to your device’s camera and microphone. With a user-friendly interface, users can easily control access settings, ensuring that both the camera and microphone are disabled when not in use. When activated, attempts to access the camera or microphone trigger a notification, keeping your conversations secure while allowing normal phone calls to function. This app requires Device Administrator permission to operate effectively.

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App stats

By: ShieldApps

Users: 85,190

Rating: 3.85

(651)

0.04

Version: 2.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-07-24)

Creation date: 2017-08-10

Email: su*****@shieldapps.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Permissions

Device & app history: retrieve running apps

Phone: read phone status and identity

Camera: take pictures and videos

Microphone: record audio

Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity

Other:

update component usage statistics
view network connections
pair with Bluetooth devices
access Bluetooth settings
full network access
close other apps
change your audio settings
run at startup
reorder running apps
draw over other apps
prevent device from sleeping

Ranking

# 209,694 ▼ 185

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App summary

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Camera & Microphone Blocker is a free application that blocks both internal and external attempts to open your device’s camera and/or microphone. ShieldApps’ Camera and Microphone Blocker provides a user-friendly solution, designed to easily block and protect your phone from unwanted privacy intrusion and abuse. The simple interface is easy to use and allows the user to choose settings. Android devices’ users can block either-or camera and microphone. The home screen button will display the current status, either Blocked or Unblocked.

While the Camera & Microphone Blocker is on, when a user hits the camera button, he or she will get a message that Camera is disabled by a security policy. A similar message is received when a user tries to turn on the voice recorder. However, ordinary phone call conversations will not be affected

Camera & Microphone Blocker Features

Camera Blocker - Blocks general access to the camera from both installed apps and any external attempts.
Microphone Blocker – Effectively Blocks microphone usage, limiting it to phone calls and blocking out all external attempts as well.

This app uses the Device Administrator permission

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Blocks camera and microphone successfully for some users
User-friendly once properly set up
Useful for privacy protection

Cons

Difficult to uninstall or deactivate
Interferes with phone calls and microphone functionality
Confusing user interface

Most mentioned

Issues with uninstallation and imposing control over the device
Problems with microphone functionality during calls
Need for better interface and on/off toggle options

User reviews

Doesn't block the camera. (Checked)

Greenoctopus, 2024-08-01

It does work, but I give it 3 stars. I tested it multiple times and it certainly does block the camera & microphone, but there are a few reasons for my rating. I think it lacks an on/off toggle widget for the home screen, a notification bar indicator and a toggle button in the notification drop down menu so it can be controlled as easy as turning wifi on/off. It's impossible to know if it's activated or not. Also, im unsure if it's capable of blocking the microphone of bluetooth devices...?

LilRask, 2024-02-20

What is wrong with this app? Why is it suddenly not blocking camera & microphone? Why does it want access to all other apps now? I've been using this for so long and never had an issue until now.