please provide visual cue during background recording

Bug #1230391 reported by Jamie Strandboge
18
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Matthew Paul Thomas
qtubuntu-camera (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

After bug #1224756 is fixed, we should provide a visual cue for when an app moves to the background and is recording audio. This will allow an app like Skype to work normally in the foreground, but if the user launches another app into the foreground, the user is able to see that he/she is still on the Skype call. In addition to the usability benefit, this provides a security benefit because it stops eavesdropping because the user will have a visual cue that the malicious/misbehaving app is recording audio.

This needs design.

description: updated
tags: added: application-confinement
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

"This tab is using your camera or microphone"

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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :

FYI, pulseaudio (bug #1224756) and the camera-service (bug #1230366) are in the process of landing with trust-store integration. Should this bug be looked at again now?

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John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote :

I am currently aware of no way for an application to record 'in the background' due to the app lifecycle.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → John McAleely (john.mcaleely)
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Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote :
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John McAleely (john.mcaleely) wrote :

Responding here to #4, I see your concern jdstrand. I guess the urgency will depend on the behaviour of the client APIs when the app calling them is backgrounded. do they continue, or do they move into some error state. I've assumed the latter so far, but I can see that may not be the case.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: New → Incomplete
milestone: none → backlog
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in qtubuntu-camera (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: John McAleely (john.mcaleely) → nobody
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Since Ubuntu Touch development has stopped I would say enhancements won't be completed...

tags: added: pulse-touch
Changed in pulseaudio (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in qtubuntu-camera (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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