APPLE was reportedly told that its FaceTime app could let strangers spy on you more than a week and a half ago.
This will come as a shock to many iPhone owners, as Apple only confirmed the bug's existence late on Monday, January 28.It comes as security experts revealed this morning that an Apple iCloud bug let anyone read your private iPhone notes.
The Face Time bug meant that anyone could call your FaceTime and listen in through your microphone, without you ever accepting the call.
In some cases, it was even possible to secure a live video feed of the victim – without their knowledge or consent.
Apple has temporarily disabled Group FaceTime while it prepares a "fix" this week, but the company supposedly knew about the bug days prior to the 9to5mac reveal.
According to the New York Times, 14-year-old Grant Thomas, from Arizona, discovered the bug on January 19. The teen found that he could use FaceTime video chats to eavesdrop on his friend's phone before his friend had answered the call.
His mother Michele reportedly sent a video of the hack to Apple the very next day, warning over a "major security flaw".
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