Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam

Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam

Provides options for defaulting microphone and camera to disabled when joining a Google Meet meeting

What is Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam?
"Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance privacy during online meetings in Google Meet. By defaulting your microphone and camera to a disabled state when you join a meeting, it prevents accidental live audio or video feed. Additionally, it displays emojis in the tab title as indicators of your microphone and camera status. Information and updates about the extension are available on its GitHub page. Firefox users can also access similar functionality using the Firefox version of the extension.
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Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.19 (26)
Version: 3.1.1 (Last updated: 2023-12-14)
Creation date: 2020-05-20
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 21.33K
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Summary

This simple extension provides options to default your microphone and camera to disabled. It also displays emojis in the tab title indicating if your microphone is muted or your camera is on.

GitHub: https://github.com/burkybang/Google-Meet-Auto-Disable-Mic-Cam Firefox version: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/googlemeet-auto-disable-miccam

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Effectively disables camera and microphone
  • Helpful for preventing accidental camera appearances
Cons
  • Does not work in all browsers
  • Some users reported that it stopped working
  • Issues with camera turning on automatically
Most mentioned
  • Works as expected
  • Doesn't work at all
  • Great for preventing accidental camera appearances
Recent reviews
It's great. Thank you!
by Lâm Lâm, 2022-09-30

Love it, I hate google meet does not remember the turn off camera option

Simple, lightweight, does what it's supposed to do. Perfect! For those who report that the extension does not work or does not shut the camera, maybe you are experiencing something similar to me: on a PC running Windows 7, my camera's ON indicator (a green light) would sometimes remain lit even though the camera signal was OFF. This issue is gone now that I have upgraded to Windows 11.
by Benoît Boucher Benoît Boucher, 2023-04-11
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Safety
Risk impact

Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Google Meet Auto Disable Mic/Cam has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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