Welcome to Android 12. This is a feature added by Google.
Those who wish to permanently disable the camera/microphone usage indicators , use this command using ADB:
Code:
adb shell cmd device_config put privacy camera_mic_icons_enabled false default
And to disable location usage indicators (if you still have them visible for some reason) use this command:
Code:
adb shell cmd device_config put privacy location_indicators_enabled false default
* To re-enable, replace "false" with "true".
The following command will add a "Status bar location indicator" switch at the end of Developer options:
Code:
adb shell cmd device_config put privacy location_indicator_settings_enabled true default
Unfortunately, there is no equivalent Developer option for camera/microphone indicators as of now.