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.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1230391 Title: please provide visual cue during background recording Status in Canonical System Image: New Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in qtubuntu-camera package in Ubuntu: New 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1230391/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
