[ttkari]

I'm not sure if this article is factually correct in claiming the privacy switch to be a physical disconnect for microphone, camera and bluetooth. IIRC Jolla advertised that the user would be able to configure the exact function of the privacy switch, which would mean that there's some system software involved.

[i_am_proteus]

This is a very important point. Jolla's pre-order site (https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder) states:

>User configurable physical Privacy Switch - turn off your microphone, bluetooth, Android apps, or whatever you wish

Unless that user configuration is via internal jumper or DIP switch, then this cannot be a hardware privacy switch.

[ttkari]

Exactly. And on that list, running Android apps on SFOS is very much a software feature, imo quite unlikely to be disabled purely in hardware.