Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping

Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping

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https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Apple-to-fix-FaceTime-bug-that-allows-13571502.php

Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person’s microphone remotely.

With the bug, a FaceTime user calling another iPhone, iPad or Mac computer could hear audio — even if the receiver did not accept the call. The bug is triggered when callers add themselves to the same call to launch a group chat. That makes FaceTime think the receiver had accepted the chat.

Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping

Jan 31, 2019, 12:35am UTC
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Apple-to-fix-FaceTime-bug-that-allows-13571502.php > Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person’s microphone remotely. > With the bug, a FaceTime user calling another iPhone, iPad or Mac computer could hear audio — even if the receiver did not accept the call. The bug is triggered when callers add themselves to the same call to launch a group chat. That makes FaceTime think the receiver had accepted the chat.