Privacy Dots puts a tiny colored dot on your screen whenever your camera or microphone is live — always on top, never in your way.
| Indicator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🟢 | Camera is in use |
| 🟠 | Microphone is in use |
| (nothing) | All quiet — no app is watching or listening |
- Always visible — the dots stay above every app and window, so you can never miss them
- Never in the way — transparent, click-through overlay; no border, no focus stealing, no Alt-Tab entry
- Yours to adjust — dot size (6–40 px), position (any corner or top center), and edge margin, with live preview
- Smart tray icon — mirrors the dots and tells you in plain words what's active
- Set and forget — optional start with Windows
- Clean install, cleaner uninstall — a standard wizard in; one click in Settings → Apps out, nothing left behind
Note
Privacy Dots is a privacy tool, so it holds itself to the same standard it monitors.
- Never touches your camera or mic. It reads the usage records Windows itself keeps — the same source behind Windows' own indicators — so it knows a device is busy without ever accessing it.
- Zero network code. No telemetry, no analytics, no update pings. It can't phone home.
- Collects nothing. The only file it writes is its own settings on your PC.
- Fully open source. Seven short C# files — read them in
src/.
Single ~36 KB executable · ~28 MB RAM · near-zero CPU · built on the .NET Framework already inside Windows — nothing extra to install.
- Download PrivacyDots-Setup-1.1.1.exe from the latest release
- Run the wizard (no admin rights needed)
- That's it — the dots appear whenever your camera or mic goes live
Tip
Double-click the tray icon for settings, or right-click → Show test dots to preview placement. Full guide in the Documentation.
No IDE, no SDK — Windows ships with everything needed:
git clone https://github.com/Believeinus/privacy-dots.git
cd privacy-dots
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\build.ps1Details in the documentation.
Open source under the MIT License — free to use and share.
See the Changelog for version history — the latest installer is always on the releases page.
Developed by Hiteshwar Singh