Ability to prompt users for access to microphone

Originator:noir.na
Number:rdar://13054948 Date Originated:1/21/13
Status:Duplicate Resolved:
Product:iPhone SDK Product Version:6
Classification:Feature Reproducible:
 
21-Jan-2013 02:22 PM Nicholas Arnott:
Summary:
iOS provides ways for developers to prompt users for access to sensitive things like their Address Book and location. However, there is no mechanism to ask the user's permission to access their microphone. More apps are starting to use audio syncing that requires access to the microphone. There are a number of security implications that could go along with accessing the user's microphone and transmitting audio without their permission. Apple should get ahead of this, and provide a mechanism similar to Address Book and location permissions for accessing the user's microphone to capture audio.

Steps to Reproduce:
Launch an app that records audio and start recording audio.

Expected Results:
User is presented with an alert asking to grant the app permission to access the microphone.

Actual Results:
Application begins recording audio.

Regression:


Notes:

Duplicate of 12330496

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