Apple FaceTime app disabled over eavesdropping bug as Apple promises fix within days

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Callers could hear, and in some cases see, recipients before they even answered

Apple has disabled a group calling feature in its FaceTime communications app after it was found to have an eavesdropping bug. The bug was picked up on Data Privacy Day, of all days, and exploit...

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