Know when someone spies on you (was NOYB).
With Micro Snitch (was NOYB) there’s no doubt whether an application records audio through your Mac’s built-in microphone or if the camera captures video. This ultra-light menu-bar application operates inconspicuously in the background. It monitors and reports any microphone and camera activity to help you figure out if someone’s spying on you.
Fair enough, you might see the camera’s indicator light, but what if you are away from your computer? And for the microphone, there is no activity indication at all, so you won’t notice if the microphone is turned on even if you’re sitting right in front of your Mac.
With Micro Snitch you always know whether some app is currently using your microphone and its logging facilities allow you to reveal any suspicious activities later on.
Note: Micro Snitch was tested with as many different Mac computers and audio/video devices as we could get our hands on. The limitations we found are documented in the "Compatibility" section of the Micro Snitch FAQ, but there may be other compatibility issues that are not yet known.
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- It doesn't actually work with a lot of Apple built-in iSight cameras! That includes my late 2013 MacBook Pro. I wish they'd warned me before I bought it! I now own $3.99 of junkware.
- Objective Development never bothered to actually test Micro Snitch on every supported model of Mac. Instead, their paying users were forced into the role of Quality Assurance. That's a bad thing.
Here is the most recent list of UNSUPPORTED MACS according to the developer:
https://obdev.at/products/microsnitch/releasenotes-de.html
12-inch MacBook with Retina display
13-inch MacBook Air (Mid 2013 and newer)
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (Late 2013 and newer)
And there may be others affected as well. We won't know until further victims of Objective Development complain. (o_O)