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Bug in Facebook App Accesses the Camera in the Background
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If you use Facebook, you want to share your whole life with the world.......
Did you not read the 50 pages of terms and conditions before agreeing.
Did you not read the 50 pages of terms and conditions before agreeing.
Get the hell outta here with that - "bug", gimme a break.
Good for you, I'm just on insta because chicks require it in my area.
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That would be the first step, yes. However, it is not clear if this happens regardless of those permissions. That ought to be clear, to provide context to the extent of privacy violation this "bug" brings to the table.
It's high time we enact a law that prevents companies from hiding behind a garb of bugs. This is clear way to exploit people. The app was final version and not tagged beta.
Yeah, I’m actually surprised how many people close to me have actually abandoned their accounts with Facebook. And word should get out about Facebook having issues/privacy violations with things like this, because consumers live in a world where our privacy isn’t contained anymore, and the only way to sometimes to ‘send the message’ to companies is not subscribe to their services.
If you still have Facebook at this point and you’re into tech. I don’t get it.
for those who don’t know better I can understand to an extent.
for those who don’t know better I can understand to an extent.
Just don’t give Facebook camera access. It’s opt-in and unnecessary.
(Also not sure what good a process list would do in this scenario. Do you think there would be a FacebookCameraDaemon process? And even if so, do you think a process list is how you would catch such an issue?)
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Some of us have friends and family there.
wouldnt that then be an iOS bug because the permissions are provided at the system level?
Bugs do happen, but companies such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft that thrive off of data collection and mark privacy invasive "bugs" as "bugs" should result in jail time when there is a pattern of occurrence that happens.
Please explain, I switched to iOS from Android because the iPhone is supported farrrrrrrr longer than any Google device. It is also more locked down than Android, compared to other mobile operating systems iOS is a security success.
And I frequently criticize Apple, just look at my post history.
I turned off Facebook's access to camera, microphone, location (when not using app) and any other thing I can restrict a long time ago...
Still have the app because there are certain family members who I communicate with on there and they don't use other services.
Still have the app because there are certain family members who I communicate with on there and they don't use other services.
Facebook and I parted ways several years ago. Friends and family know to text me if they want to communicate. I installed a firewall app and it’s amazing how many apps try to communicate with Face book in the background.