As a company beleaguered by a seemingly endless string of scandals and public relations gaffes, the last thing Facebook needs is the discovery of a bug that calls the company’s commitment to privacy into question. And yet, that’s exactly what happened this week.
As it turns out, there’s a pesky bug in Facebook’s iOS app that activates the iPhone camera in the background, all without any overt indication to users. The bug was brought to light by designer Joshua Maddux who discovered that the iOS camera is sometimes called into action while a user is innocently perusing their news feed.
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Facebook bug can secretly turn on your iPhone camera while you browse originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 12 Nov 2019 at 16:00:53 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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