Zoom activated my mic and played "recording in progress" at 4AM(imgur.com)

38 pointsby telmop6 hours ago5 comments

OutOfHere2 minutes ago
What precisely on your device even alerts to microphone access?
telmop6 hours ago
Last night at 4:00 AM, my Pixel 7 woke me up with Zoom's native voice prompt "Recording in progress", with the green mic indicator active on screen.
My phone was idle on my nightstand out of reach and no Bluetooth device was connected. No Zoom account signed in and no active meeting. I uninstalled the app immediately after taking the screenshot, so I don't have access to any logs. After waking up this morning I realized I shouldn't have uninstalled. Is there any way to get logs of what happened now?
I don't know what caused this, but it got me more paranoid about what runs on my phone. Has anyone experienced anything similar?
- tenarchits5 hours ago
  You could start with a data subject access request: https://zoom-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/65962359-ef0d-4....
  - ShinyLeftPad4 hours ago
    That is definitely not one shady looking URL.
    iAMkenough3 hours ago
    Yeah, but OneTrust Was Named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Governance Platforms
    snypher3 hours ago
    At least I could walk right up to JD Power and shake His hand.
  - telmop2 hours ago
    I'm going to give it a shot, thanks!
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cyanydeez2 hours ago
Is it possibly you have auto call meeting and auto record: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_arti...
Probably check if you accidently a meeting.
- telmop2 hours ago
  I did not have any meeting scheduled
jubilanti3 hours ago
HN is not tech support and this isn't even a good bug report
- telmop2 hours ago
  You're right, it's not tech support, and I didn't use it as such. HN is a tech forum, and I found this incident strange enough to warrant warning others. If you're not interested, you can simply ignore it