Cyber Hygiene

Review app permissions periodically — camera, microphone, location — and revoke what's unused

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#Digital 📅 Year-round

An app you granted camera or location access to a year ago — for a feature you used once — probably still has that access, whether it still needs it or not. Go through your phone's permission settings a couple of times a year and revoke camera, microphone, and location access from anything that doesn't have an obvious ongoing reason to use it; it's a five-minute check that shrinks how much any one compromised app could actually see or hear.

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