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I went the "batshit insane" route and my microphone hole is plugged in with some clay.

It did most likely physically damage it forever, but at least I now know it's OFF for good.

>>71bw+(OP)
Why not shut it off in the bios?

>>mass_a+27
If it can be software controlled, that doesn't really protect against the route documented for cameras in the original post

>>71bw+(OP)
i tried that with some sugru on an old phone (samsung s10e) and it does a really good job of blocking the microphone.

if you have a case on your phone its a lot less destructive too since you can just stuff the sugru into the microphone hole in the case. the case i was using was soft rubber so it was easy enough to pop out the corner of the case to be able to use the microphone for a call.

that wasnt my daily phone at the time though so im not sure how well it would work in reality. i could see myself forgetting to pop out the case when i get a call and the other person just handing up before i realised what was going on.

it also doesnt work on every phone. i tried the same thing on a pixel 5 but blocking the mic hole did nothing, but that phone uses an under screen speaker so maybe there is something similar going on with the mic

>>mass_a+27
As if there's an option to do so...