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APPLE HAS FIXED a software bug that could allow iPhone users to listen to audio from the phone of the person they are calling before the person has accepted or rejected the call.
The bug was first reported by tech website 9to5Mac.
It was triggered when, while making a FaceTime call, a user swipes up from the bottom of the screen and taps Add Person and adds their own phone number.
This allowed them to start a group FaceTime call including themselves and the audio of the person they originally called, even if the second person hasn’t answered the call.
According to US media, a 14-year-old Arizona boy discovered the flaw and his mother struggled for a week to get Apple’s attention.
“My fear is that this flaw could be used for nefarious purposes,” Michele Thompson wrote to Apple, according to reports.
Apple acknowledged the help in its statement, saying: “We thank the Thompson family for reporting the bug.”
Tests carried out by the Guardian show that, in some circumstances, the bug also allows users to see video of the person they are calling before they pick up.
If the recipient of the call pressed the power button on the side of the iPhone, an action typically used to silence or ignore an incoming call, their phone would begin broadcasting video to the person calling them - raising obvious concerns about privacy issues.
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The tech giant has taken Group FaceTime offline in an attempt to address the issue in the meantime.
Apple has now said that it has fixed the group FaceTime security bug on its servers.
“We have fixed the group FaceTime security bug on Apple’s servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable the feature for users next week,” Apple said in a statement.
“We sincerely apologise to our customers who were affected and all who were concerned about this security issue.”
With reporting by AFP and Órla Ryan
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Is there anything he is actually good at ?
@Nigel Hayden: Drawing down bucket loads of money from the Irish taxpayers fund and contributing nothing in return.
@Nigel Hayden: took the words right outta ny mouth. Altho he seems very good at screwing the tax payers and lining his pockets.
@Nigel Hayden: His spin is brilliant really, the “early riser” etc.
@: No, he’s the most disappointing homosexual in the history of mankind. And I like to put forward a motion that we formally revoke his gay card.
@Nigel Hayden: spoofing
@Antóin Ó Cumamothóin: the right in the US says that’s Obama.
Is mr 6th count posh tosh on a trajectory to lose his seat? Latest poll has them on 18% again.
@9QRixo8H: why else would he close his constituency office…knows he will lose seat & lining himself up for EU position!!
Leo the leak and mehole two tossers in control of our missgoverment , are they traitorous and spineless who spent our mo ey on entitled chancers yes, but the question is why do deluded citizens vote for them
@Robert Halvey: the lesser or two evils?
@brian o’leary: of two evils.
@brian o’leary: lesser of two weevils, that is in reference to the creepy crawlies. ..
The only thing Varadkar is good at is aiding and assisting FFG in destroying our country. Look at the enormous changes for the worse our county has faced over this past ten to fifteen years . Corporate government with interests in percentages and statistics over people have got us this stage wher we have more homeless children than ever before. Our neutrality is const been eroded. We are paying more for everything than our European equals( I use the word equals loosely)
You can see the opinion polls reflecting how disgusted the electorate are with FFG . They have no loyalty to Ireland whatsoever
The Irish MSM created Leo Varadkar.
What is there to say to Bono claiming Ireland has never been a fairer society at a time with record child homelessness.
Just speechless.
@Rochelle Hart: he won’t be worrying, puts the sunglasses on and waffles
Bono also issued a statement earlier: “ It was down the back of the sofa. We are pleased to announce,after all these years,we have finally found what we were looking for”
@Larry Betts: a song by Blondie and a song by the clash
Leo Varadkar is only good for one thing and it’s not politics either
He’ll be moved out soon. Not liked. Like FFG. Languishing badly in poles. He and Mehole see the writing on the wall. Their constant attacks on SF continue to see SF grow. Plebs.
Bravo!
“unloading the entire clip into the carcass of the conversation he had already murdered”
I believe we are allowed to confront people that liable us , Leo the leak has constantly tried to create a them and us, through his entire political existence, he constantly tries to divide us, is this all we we want a poser as our gaffer
“If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.”
– An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Ireland has never been richer yet consecutive governments for the past 30 years have failed to provide social housing leading for the large segment of society that will never earn enough to own their own home or even to pay the sky-high rents that have become the norm. We have record homelessness, adult children living with their parents and sky-high rents for anyone who can still afford to pay.
This is what happens when politicians are out of touch with the electorate and hit the cruise control button instead of doing the job for which they are so handsomely paid.
To be fair any time the DUP see an agreement they usually say ‘ripit’!
Don’t worry I’ve got my coat already! ;)
@SerotoninWars: grab the coat and leave before you have to explain the joke or lack of more like
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