Apple has eliminated allowed to listen to users via FaceTime bug

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Apple устранила позволявший прослушивать пользователей через FaceTime багA bug in the application allowed callers to eavesdrop and spy on other members of the group call.

The American company Apple has released an updated version of the iOS operating system 12.1.4, which fixed a bug that allowed to spy on members of the group call in FaceTime.

This is stated in the official statement of Apple.

“Our team conducted a thorough audit of the security of FaceTime and made additional updates in the app itself and the server for improved security. This includes previously unidentified vulnerability in Live Photos FaceTime”, – explained in the company.

A bug in the application allowed callers to eavesdrop and spy on other members of the group call until they answered it. To do this, the user had to call another person via FaceTime, and then until he picked up the phone to add himself to this call, allegedly making it the group. The app “cheat” and began to play the sound and picture from a mobile device of another person.

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