1 in 4 online users allow apps access to microphone, webcam: Study Almost a quarter of online users always give apps and services permission to access their microphone or webcam, according to a global study of 15,000 people.IANS | Apr 5, 2021, 07:51PM IST Almost a quarter of online users always give apps and services permission to access their microphone or webcam, according to a global study of 15,000 people. However, overall awareness of webcam security is promisingly high, with nearly six-in-ten worried that someone could be watching them through their webcam without them knowing, and 60 per cent concerned that this could be done via malicious software, said the study conducted by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.