Apple flunks its own standard on Data Privacy Day

Published January 29, 2019 4:01pm ET



Monday was #DataPrivacyDay. It did not go well for Apple.

Instead of continuing its long-running push (and perhaps brilliant marketing campaign) as a champion of user protections, Apple found itself the subject of media buzz about a serious glitch in its FaceTime application. The bug allowed users calling with the Group FaceTime feature to tap into audio, and in some instances video, before the recipient accepted or declined the call — literally allowing eavesdropping through the iPhone.

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