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Apple might pay teenager who found Group FaceTime surveillance bug

An Apple executive has reportedly suggested that the 14-year-old who discovered the Group FaceTime surveillance exploit would be rewarded by the company's bug bounty program.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 7

If you want to sue Apple over FaceTime eavesdropping and live in Canada, now's your chance

A Montreal lawfirm is pursuing a class action lawsuit against Apple over its recently-disclosed Group FaceTime bug, which let people spy on others who hadn't actually accepted a call.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 36

New York state begins probe into Apple's FaceTime vulnerability

New York state is launching an investigation into whether Apple failed to properly warn customers about a Group FaceTime vulnerability that allowed people to spy on others.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 26

Apple was told about Group FaceTime privacy bug more than a week before closing access

Apple may have known about the Group FaceTime privacy bug a week before the company disabled the feature, with one Twitter user claiming to have informed Apple of the issue discovered by their child the previous Monday.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 27

Apple disables Group FaceTime as it works on privacy bug fix

After the discovery of a bug in FaceTime that allows callers to listen in on a recipient's device, even if they don't pick up, Apple late Monday notified users that the service has been temporarily disabled.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 30

Group FaceTime exploit lets callers listen in on recipient's audio before accepting call [u: fix coming]

Until a bug in iOS 12.1 or later is fixed, an exploit allows a FaceTime Video caller to hear the audio, and potentially see video, from the recipient's iPhone without the call even being picked up.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 11

Apple loses appeal of $439 million verdict in favor of VirnetX

On Tuesday the federal U.S. Court of Appeals denied Apple's appeal of a 2016 jury verdict in favor of VirnetX, which initially granted the patent licensing firm $302.4 million in damages.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 13

Lawsuit blaming Apple's FaceTime for fatal car crash dismissed

A lawsuit claiming Apple was responsible for the death of a passenger in car crash has been dismissed by an appeals court, confirming an earlier ruling that it wasn't the company's fault the accident was caused by a driver using FaceTime.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 18

Apple turns to horde of Elvis impersonators for latest Group FaceTime ad

If you can't get your band together in Hawaii or anywhere else, like the Elvis Presley impersonators in Apple's latest ad, Apple suggests you use Group FaceTime to stay connected.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 7

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