It's about time. I tried the bug out on a friend and the results were… eye-opening.
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How so? Apple disabled the Group FaceTime thing that apparently mitigated the bug. Or does it not matter?
It's about time. I tried the bug out on a friend and the results were… eye-opening.
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Appleinsider?
In fact it was so simple, that you picked up on it on the day of release
Honestly, from what I understand, it's not as though this bug is in any way insidious—at the very least, you will be aware that someone is trying to join the call, no? So I don't see why this is considered such a horrific breach of trust, when selling personal data, including real-time location tracking—which is far more useful to someone with malicious intent—is considered a "business model".
I’m assuming it didn’t get to the right people. There’s a real problem with apple’s reliance on the Radar system. Radar is too difficult for an average non-technical person to use, there’s no obvious way for someone to report a critical bug to Apple without using radar, etc. Apple needs to seriously consider new ways of reporting and tracking bugs. Something like a friendlier version of bug reporter running on the device itself (i.e. the bug reporting app that installs during betas.)
Yep. Very simple bug that should have been caught. This will result in many lost upgrades and sales for the next year and beyond. Another massive Tim Cook failure. Really sucks for those of us who see the writing on the wall.
I don’t use FaceTime and never have. One of the first things I disable on any fresh install of iOS.
Regardless, still a simple bug. It takes 2 simple steps to entirely erase any end user’s privacy. Another public relations nightmare which will result in lost customers and stalled upgrades. Won’t see the effect of this until their next earning’s release, but it will be a real hit.
Are you being serious in terms of less negativity?
The only way this bug can be fixed by a software update is if Apple also fixes Group FaceTime on the server side to not work with iOS version lower than the fix. Apple can’t force you to update directly.
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I actually don’t think there will be much if any of lost sales. Maybe some persons in the edge will go to android.Yep. Very simple bug that should have been caught. This will result in many lost upgrades and sales for the next year and beyond. Another massive Tim Cook failure. Really sucks for those of us who see the writing on the wall.
I'm sorry Apple, but QA didn't try hard enough to break it. With a feature this sensitive, it is necessary to have a couple of employees trying to break things all day every day. I know not every bug can be discovered in time, but obvious ones like this should be caught before release.
I wouldn’t call this bug ‘obvious’. I’d like to know how many people have tried to add themselves to a Group FaceTime call after they initiated said call. That’s not something most people would attempt to do in the first place, I don’t think.
First thing i tried was adding myself to a call (during the early betas of the feature.). Tested that i could talk from iPad to iPhone, etc. Sadly, didn’t occur to me to first add a third party. :-(
It's about time. I tried the bug out on a friend and the results were… eye-opening.
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Wut. They have a very quick turnaround for serious issues such as this. Several big macOS bugs, and a couple of iOS ones in recent memory, have been released within 24 hours to a couple days of the exploit being made public. In fact, for such a big company, this turnaround time is extremely impressive.These days when Apple projects a time line, we need to double or even triple it. So my guess is that this week means sometime in the next 30 days. Welcome to the new Apple.
Not yet.I wonder whether the current 12.2 beta already has this or will get this on the next point release (more likely)?
Does anyone else know of a more friendly Apple site with other friendly actual Apple enthusiasts? Seriously, for as long as I've lurked on here it's all negative people who are Apple haters commenting. Pointless to be on here anymore. All this negative news is hardly "rumors".