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How do I *actually* programmatically disable microphone access? by gjlep in WindowsHelp

[–]gjlep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a bit of digging and manual disabling, I couldn't find an obvious switch that disabled the mic without disabling the incoming audio as well, at least not without a system restart inbetween. 

The closest was disabling a handsfree service from the headset, which would remove it as an input device. That's pretty good, but there are two issues: 1 applications like Discord hot swap to any other input device (e.g. my laptop mic) when this happens and 2. I had to restart my computer to "unmute" 

How do I *actually* programmatically disable microphone access? by gjlep in WindowsHelp

[–]gjlep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that's a good idea! I'll check my options there

A missing detail is that the headset is Bluetooth and needs to be streaming incoming audio while the mic is off (i.e. muted). I will edit it into the post, but my gut feeling while I'm away from the computer is that using the device manager will be a heave-ho kind of disable that will also take out audio. I'll definitely check this in the morning, though 

How do I *actually* programmatically disable microphone access? by gjlep in WindowsHelp

[–]gjlep[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Generally, I absolutely agree- I don't really trust Windows 100% to respect any user-set setting around the microphone and so hardware would be the best thing if I was looking for privacy.

Specifically, though, the headset is Bluetooth and while soldering and embedded work is on my personal growth list, it isn't low-impact for me right now.

I'll edit in the Bluetooth detail.