Major security issue found in Group FaceTime causing Apple to take feature offline for now

29 January 2019
Causes callers to listen in on you before you pickup the call.

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Blau, 29 Jan 2019Only iPhones use iOS, Android os use like 100 OEMs, known u... moreI run Moto X4 bought from a very first day it was for sale in my country here in Slovakia.
Had nougat then Oreo in like 2 months and from last week i run a PIE and no problems not even a single one.
Wannila android is just best.
Any add-on or UI is like a bloatware which i have no passion or interest for.
So i am glad for a clean unbugged OS worth every single penny.

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    AnonD-731363, 29 Jan 2019LoL again when bug or issue arrises its apple. Why GSM Ar... moreOnly iPhones use iOS, Android os use like 100 OEMs, known unknown, if you wanna hunting bugs on 'Android' os, try with your own phone, and post results here

    Especially if you're fan of some Chinese OEMs skin there is a, with every new update, at least couple of new bugs, but, those phones is 100-200$, and iPhones from last year is still 500-1000$ for unknown reason, or maybe because of FaceTime :D

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      • Bean
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      • 29 Jan 2019

      Well that could potentially ruin or affect severily someone busy... unable to answer fast in several ways. In life, partner, business, etc.

      Lets see how many sues they'll receive to compensate the damage done till the service was closed.

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        • 29 Jan 2019

        someone, 29 Jan 2019Apple (15 days back ) - "Whatever happens on iPhone stays o... morehow is it a bad thing that it picks up without them knowing. i don't see whats wrong

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          • 29 Jan 2019

          Apple (15 days back ) - "Whatever happens on iPhone stays on iPhone"
          Apple (Today) - "Whatever happens outside of iphone is shared to everyone who has iphone even without the user's knowledge"
          .. lmao ... secured OS it seems .. hahahahahahahha

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            • 29 Jan 2019

            so would the person being spied on actually know if someone was listening/watching them if they tried to use facetime? or was this still going on and they could still use it as normal with no issue?

              Facetime has been there forever almost, the champions of privacy and security apparently provided a big hole for other to tap their contacts. Though we can dismiss this easily as software bug but is it really a bug or secret feature for NSA and spy agencies? They all talk about Huawei, what about this?

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                • 29 Jan 2019

                Are they gonna impose sanction Apple for allowing users to spy on each other as presumable they did to Hawuei ?

                  AnonD-558092, 29 Jan 2019Totally worth the price premium for quality, bug-free softw... moreHahaha! good one~ ♪

                    [deleted post]It's Okay. I'm nearly at 5k~ ;3

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                      [deleted post]What's wrong with eavesdropping? Apart from it being illegal and immoral?

                        Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019"bug-free software" is a contradictionexactly. there are times that as a development manager a lot of time QA members come to me to mention there are bugs. haha!

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                          [deleted post]Took me more than two years to reach this amount of comments. And technology is my passion. What's wrong with reading tech news and writing down a comment? Writing down a comment takes what, one minute? Three if you think first?

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                            Anonymous, 29 Jan 2019"bug-free software" is a contradictionOh sorry. I forgot the sarcasm tag.
                            /s

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                              AnonD-558092, 29 Jan 2019Totally worth the price premium for quality, bug-free softw... more"bug-free software" is a contradiction

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                                Totally worth the price premium for quality, bug-free software and ultimate privacy. Go Appdle!

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                                  • 29 Jan 2019

                                  LoL again when bug or issue arrises its apple.
                                  Why GSM Arena dont post android bugs???
                                  Maybe because better and more stable android OS dont have any???
                                  Oh man this apple.
                                  Devil was owing us this company with really bad reliability and so many bad habbits.

                                    Yep, apple again.

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                                      • 29 Jan 2019

                                      And "Oh not this guy again" was heard by unfortunate saps exploiting the bug all the while. LOL