Hello people, this morning I have noticed a flashing eye symbol on the top of my phone. It appears on the bar where my battery level and the time appear. This eye is only there when I go on Wiki Wirral and no other site. Am I being watched or just being paranoid any ideas please folks ? Cheers

If its a Samsung then it's keeping the screen visible as you look at the phone. It stops it going to sleep as you read.

Cheers Mark. Yes it is a Samsung but I don't know why this has only appeared this morning. Now you have told me what it is I will go into settings and see if it can be turned off. Thank you.

Cant get rid of the thing. It's starting to spook me

I've got a Samsung, I'm using it now but I've never had a flashing eye on it

Its all in the eyes!!

You're being watched ...again

Oh yes I know that Granny. Can't get away from those eyes

It must be an I-Phone !!!

It uses the front camera to see if you are watching the screen, if so it keeps screen lit and puts the eye symbol up.

The function is called "Smart Stay" so disable that.

It comes under settings-display somewhere

Cheers DD. I've been into settings and it looks to be switched off but still keeps winking at me

It must just be paranoid that you are watching it

Just had a thought, I will stick a bit of tape over the front camera. Try spy on me now big brother

Ive been getting emails from the white house for some reason.on an old freeserve account. Never had them when obama was in power . just put it down to cia gchq and feel honoured they consider you worthy to snoop on

Smart stay.
Pull down from the top, and select the tiles, you should get somthing similar to this.

Hey Fish I'm going for a bath now and I'm think could one of the spotlights in the ceiling be a camera ? If it is big brother will soon switch it off when I disrobe

Thanks Mark I've tried that. When I go to smart switch there is a box you can tick,tried it both ways but the ever watching eye is still there

Concerning your Eye Of Horus Dilly, reading up on it you have to switch off rotation as well, don't quite know what I'm on about but ask Google about your problem maybe that will clear it, other than that you're being watched by M.I.5, what have you been up to ,lol.

I give it a try Cools thanks. Just out my bath and even the toilet duck was watching me ! Mind you I should stop using that in my bath water,it's playing havoc with my complexion

Cools you are a genius. Eyeball has gone. Thank you.

Ha, me giving advice on techhy issues and it worked , that's a first... Glad it solved your problem Dilly, feel quite chuffed with myself ,lol.

And so you should feel chuffed, you solved something a couple of our wiki techno's didn't.