Monitoring resource access

An electronic device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
• determine that an application attempts to access a resource on the electronic device, wherein the resource is at least one of a camera, a microphone, a location determination module, or contact information;
• determine whether the application is operating in a foreground of an operating system (OS) on the electronic device or in a background of the OS on the electronic device;
• in response to determining that the application is operating in the background and that the application attempts to access the resource while operating in the background, generate a notification indicating that a background application attempts to access a resource;
• and
• output, on the electronic device, a first number of accesses made by the application when operating in the foreground of the OS and a second number of accesses made by the application when operating in the background of the OS.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining that an application attempts to access a resource on an electronic device, wherein the resource is at least one of a camera, a microphone, a location determination module, or contact information;
• determining whether the application is operating in a foreground of an operating system (OS) on the electronic device or in a background of the OS on the electronic device;
• in response to determining that the application is operating in the background and that the application attempts to access the resource while operating in the background, generating a notification indicating that a background application attempts to access a resource;
• and
• outputting, on the electronic device, a first number of accesses made by the application when operating in the foreground of the OS and a second number of accesses made by the application when operating in the background of the OS.