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Major security issue found in Group FaceTime causing Apple to take feature offline for now

A major security loophole surface today within Apple's FaceTime feature. This allowed users to snoop in on people before they picked up the call. With this bug, users could call their FaceTime contacts and receive audio from them before the person answered the call without the receiving party knowing anything about this. The bug worked in a very specific way so it's not on every single call you make or receive, but it was easy enough to make it happen. You first had to call one of your contacts on FaceTime. Then, you had to create a Group FaceTime call by adding yourself as a third...



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