Secure Hardware-Enforced Sensor Privacy Systems And Methods for Performing Thereon

A method, comprising:

• storing, by a mute circuit of a system, a mute state, the mute state modifiable only through hardware operations;
• receiving, by the mute circuit, a mute trigger signal from a hardware source;
• in response to the mute trigger signal, atomically applying, by the mute circuit, the mute state to one or more sensors;
• and
• in accordance with the mute trigger signal no longer being received, atomically clearing, by the mute circuit, the mute state from the one or more sensors.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• a mute circuit to:
• store a mute state, the mute state modifiable only through hardware operations;
• receive a mute trigger signal from a hardware source;
• in response to the mute trigger signal, atomically apply the mute state to one or more sensors;
• and
• in accordance with the mute trigger signal no longer being received, atomically clear the mute state from the one or more sensors.