This screenshot doesn't make any sense. Android won't allow a background app to access the microphone or camera. If it would, then there is an exploit in Android but I doubt it's a security bug since no one actually noticed it (Android notifies when an app access the microphone).<p>Also, if Whatsapp did somehow listen in the background , it seems like those are one-time accesses. WhatsApp would not benefit anything if it would listen for a very short time.<p>It seems like it would be a stupid action from WhatsApp, since they would have to go through the trouble of transcribing voice to text, and it costs power.<p>If WhatsApp would listen all the time, or for even a minute, the battery consumption would go very high. Doesn't seem feasible.<p>It seems like a bug in WhatsApp or a bug in Android's privacy dashboard.