System Accessing Camera without any need or reason.

[mauvin11]

The system is accessing phone camera every 2-3 minutes without any need or reason. I thought it was an third party app so I revoked access to all apps. It turned out it was system itself. I had some suspicions so installed an access monitor and it turned out to be true.
Looks Fishy, Should I worry about privacy?
1. My face unlock feature is turned off
2. Auto Brightness is turned off

[Mayukh]

mauvin11

The system is accessing phone camera every 2-3 minutes without any need or reason. I thought it was an third party app so I revoked access to all apps. It turned out it was system itself. I had some suspicions so installed an access monitor and it turned out to be true.

Looks Fishy, Should I worry about privacy?

1. My face unlock feature is turned off

2. Auto Brightness is turned off

System Accessing Camera without any need or reason.

The "Smart screen on" feature uses the camera from time to time to check whether the user is looking at the screen or not. That's why the system is using the camera, and the SafeDot is keeping the log. Just turn off the feature and you are good to go. And no need to worry about this, you can keep this on if you want.
To turn off = Settings-> Display-> Advanced-> Smart screen on (Turn this off if you want to)
I don't know why on earth are these moderators for😒

[abhaykrishnan02]

Mayukh

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/49058/system-accessing-camera-without-any-need-or-reason

The "Smart screen on" feature uses the camera from time to time to check whether the user is looking at the screen or not. That's why the system is using the camera, and the SafeDot is keeping the log. Just turn off the feature and you are good to go. And no need to worry about this, you can keep this on if you want.

To turn off = Settings-> Display-> Advanced-> Smart screen on (Turn this off if you want to)

I don't know why on earth are these moderators for😒

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Its already off in my device.

[mauvin11]

Mayukh

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/49058/system-accessing-camera-without-any-need-or-reason

The "Smart screen on" feature uses the camera from time to time to check whether the user is looking at the screen or not. That's why the system is using the camera, and the SafeDot is keeping the log. Just turn off the feature and you are good to go. And no need to worry about this, you can keep this on if you want.

To turn off = Settings-> Display-> Advanced-> Smart screen on (Turn this off if you want to)

I don't know why on earth are these moderators for😒

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Thank You so much! It was indeed smart screen. I forgot this feature existed. I was really freaked out by the camera issue. I was about to put tape on my device. Yes. The mods as well as the developers are useless!

[mauvin11]

abhaykrishnan02

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/172941#Comment_172941

Its already off in my device.

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Try turning of Auto Brightness and Face Unlock!

[Falcon_ASUS]

mauvin11

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/172941#Comment_172941

Thank You so much! It was indeed smart screen. I forgot this feature existed. I was really freaked out by the camera issue. I was about to put tape on my device. Yes. The mods as well as the developers are useless!

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@mauvin11
Thanks for your patience. Like information provided by others. It has been confirmed that if it is "Smart screen on", the camera will be turned on regularly to detect and determine whether there is a human face in front of the screen as described , please don't worry.