sensorsenabled

Sensorsenabled is a configuration concept used in software and device management to indicate whether sensor hardware on a device is permitted to be used by applications or the system. It is not tied to a single standard and appears across mobile, desktop, and embedded contexts to describe enabling one or more sensors, such as accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, GPS, microphone, camera, ambient light, and proximity sensors.

Typically, sensorsenabled is represented as a boolean flag (true or false) or as a list of sensors that are permitted. It may reside in a device settings database, a manifest or configuration file, or a policy profile pushed by an administrator in an enterprise environment. Changing the flag can restrict or grant access to sensor data and therefore influences app behavior, user experience, power consumption, and privacy considerations.

In practice, sensorsenabled interacts with the platform's permission model. When disabled, the operating system or framework should block sensor data access unless an explicit override is provided. When enabled, apps may still require individual permissions depending on the platform. The flag is often part of broader privacy and security policies, including auditing and compliance requirements for data collection.

Common use cases include device manufacturers enabling sensors by default, enterprise device management enforcing restrictions to protect sensitive data, and software developers gating sensor initialization behind the flag. See also: Sensor, Privacy, Permissions, Device management, Embedded systems.