A Twitter user @JoshuaMaddux has been making rounds in the news after he spotted Facebook’s iPhone app using the device’s camera when not required. His tweet was picked up by TNW, who were able to reproduce the issue on their iPhone.
Found a @facebook #security & #privacy issue. When the app is open it actively uses the camera. I found a bug in the app that lets you see the camera open behind your feed. Note that I had the camera pointed at the carpet. pic.twitter.com/B8b9oE1nbl
— Joshua Maddux (@JoshuaMaddux) November 10, 2019
Joshua notes that the bug “lets you see the camera open behind your feed.” The said issue specifically comes up when someone closes a photo or video in their feed on iPhones (mostly running iOS 13.2.2) by swiping down.
Things are normal on devices with lower iOS versions, including 13.1.3 and iOS 12, he said after testing five iPhones. However, a user @custard_guts claims to have reproduced it on his iPhone 8 running iOS 13.1.3.
In most cases, the Facebook app already has permission to access the device’s c ..
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