Yesterday, a worrying and invasive bug that allowed callers to secretly listen in on unknowing recipients through Apple’s FaceTime app quickly made news headlines. It was discovered that people could initiate a FaceTime call and, with a couple short steps, tap into the microphone on the other end as the call rang — without the other person accepting the FaceTime request. Apple said last night that an iOS update to eliminate the privacy bug is coming sometime this week; in the meantime, the company has disabled group FaceTime at the server level as an immediate, emergency fix. However, new information suggests that Apple has already had several days to respond; the company was tipped off about it last week.
Back on January 20th, a…
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