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'When I turn something off, 'off' should be 'off,'' Wardle told Motherboard. After a few hours analyzing the code, Wardle found out that, in fact, Shazam never stops listening, as he explained in a blog post published on Monday.

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After he released OverSight, Wardle received an email from a user who noticed that the security app alerted him that Shazam was still listening even after he had switched the toggle to 'off.'Д¬urious about this discovery, and worried his own software might be issuing a false alarm, Wardle reverse engineered the Shazam app to figure out what was happening. Patrick Wardle, a former NSA hacker who now develops free Mac security tools, discovered this issue thanks to his latest software OverSight, which is designed to alert users when apps use their webcam and microphone. 'If the mic wasn't left on, it would take the app longer to both initialize the mic and then start buffering audio, and this is more likely to result in a poor user experience where users 'miss out' on a song they were trying to identify.' 'There is no privacy issue since the audio is not processed unless the user actively turns the app 'ON.'' James Pearson, the VP of global communications for Shazam, said in an emailed statement. Read more: After 20 Minutes of Listening, New Adobe Tool Can Make You Say Anything

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