Always spying on the phones - does your phone stop transmitting when you end a call?

You thought so...

What if the microphone does not shut off when you turn off your phone, do you talk outloud, have conversations with your family, hail Mary? What if the phone never stops transmitting? Certainly the privacy policy remains the same, but much could be heard when you forget to lock your keypad and the phone dials the most recent caller.

What if the camera on your phone is always transmitting? Where are you, do you go?

Of course, this could be easily disputed by monitoring the battery consumption and usage. But the "what if" makes for some good thought.