Apple suit over facetime bug

[Timdaman]

Apple sued over FaceTime eavesdropping bug after attorney says it listened to testimony
USA TODAY Mike Snider,USA TODAY 20 hours ago

A Houston attorney has sued Apple saying the FaceTime bug, which can allow someone who calls you listen to your conversations even if you don't answer, let an unknown person eavesdrop on a private discussion with a client.

Attorney Larry Williams II said the glitch caused his iPhone to listen in while he was taking sworn testimony during a client deposition, according to a complaint filed Mondqy in Harris County (Texas) District Court. The glitch intrudes on the privacy of “one’s most intimate conversations without consent,” he said in the suit.

The suit was first reported by Bloomberg.

Apple on Monday acknowledged a bug with the FaceTime video-calling app on its devices where users can eavesdrop on your conversations before you pick up the call, or even if you don't answer it. Apple disabled the app's group chat function.

Story is here https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apple-sued-o ... 57413.html

How can you listen in on someone if they never answered the phone or facetime in this example.

[calista]

I read this online 2 years ago, not about this incident, in general. If a device has power it can be used to snoop with, even turned on remotely.

[TerryLon]

I heard on CNN that the fix will be ready by next week

[T.B.W]

This is just bad press for Apple and FaceTime, I hope they fix it asap.

[Slim]

Big brother is watching you

[24alex]

Big brother is watching you

Nothing new in that statement it's been going on for decades

[born2bewild]

RIP Steve Jobs

[Sneaky]

It seems to me a simple error not intentional by them, that's how I have read it.

[jlinkz]

There are so many things that go on with electronics that no one knows of

[AlexO]

All I know is Apple needs to readjust their prices especially on iPhones because it has got to be too expensive for me and a lot of others to keep upgrading them to the latest edition every 2 years.

[ispdn]

The fix in yet?