Whonix workstation wants to access my microphone?

[Mex]

Hi, out of the blue I’m getting this notification on w10, what gives?

[Patrick]

VirtualBox has an unwanted (from Whonix perspective) feature of having a microphone by default. See documentation on how to disable this:

• Hardware Threat Minimization - Kicksecure
• Hardware Threat Minimization - Kicksecure
• Hardware Threat Minimization - Kicksecure

[HulaHoop]

I’d worry more about Cortana