Posted on 11/13/2019 10:45:06 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
(CNN) — Facebook says a bug that inadvertently accesses a user's iPhone camera while they're scrolling through the News Feed will be fixed sometime today.
The bug, which was discovered by Joshua Maddux, owner of web design firm 95Visual, appears to be exclusive to iOS and does not affect Android devices.
Maddux took to Twitter to report his discovery, where he posted a video that showed his camera, pointing forward, was running in the background while he was scrolling Facebook.
"I thought I had opened the camera by accident," Maddux wrote in an email to CNN of the discovery. "Then, on Saturday evening as I closed out a video on Facebook [I] saw the camera again on the left side."
Jerry Gamblin, principal security engineer at Kenna Security, was able to replicate the bug and told CNN "there is no indication that the data actually is transmitted to Facebook."
Reached for comment, Facebook confirmed the bug was "inadvertently introduced" and promised a fix was in the works.
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Shocked. I'm shocked I tell you.
It’s not a ‘bug’, it’s a feature!....................
It’s not a ‘bug’, it’s a feature!....................
Beat me to it, so ALEX for $200 i’ll take
what is
“unwittingly”
I thought that was what tape was for. All I need to do now is get the “Yes! YES! Y E S screaming going”.
so ALEX for $200 i’ll take “unwittingly”
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What is a word for how every criminal act investigated in the last decade has been dismissed by ‘investigators’
...bug...
I left out democrat in the criminal acts. Very important omissions
Bump
For those who believe in accidents.
No bug. Not a glitch. A stupid action on the part of the programming team.
How many others like this are there?
I was going to sign up for GoodRX to seek lower prescription prices. To get the app you have to agree they can access your photo gallery. WHAT??? Why would they need that?
For those who believe in accidents or coincidences!
Gibbs rule #39 there are no coincidences!
Gibbs’ Rule #40: If it seems like someone’s out to get you, they are!
So while yer sittin on the toilet, Facebook is watching? How very creepy. Weirdos.
Maybe their secret to getting lower prices is selling the nudes they poach from peoples’ phones to offset the cost?
Using FB compromises your privacy.
Using FB apps on your smartphone is even worse, and demonstrates very poor judgement in protecting your privacy.
Giving the FB app on your smartphone permission to access the camera, location and contacts is beyond poor judgement, it demonstrates extreme ignorance.
Anybody who uses Facebook News Feed deserves whatever they get.
Who wants to be fed the news, anyway?
Face Crime Bannigs to come soon.
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