[MacTUG] What You Need to Know about the iOS Camera Access Privacy Loophole - The Mac Observer
m3griffi
m3griffi at uwaterloo.ca
Fri Oct 27 09:59:39 EDT 2017
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Here’s how Felix Krause summed up what he found:
Once you grant an app access to your camera, it can
access both the front and the back camera [at the same time,
with no indication of either]
record you at any time the app is in the foreground
take pictures and videos without telling you
upload the pictures/videos it takes immediately
run real-time face recognition to detect facial features or
expressions
Have you ever used a social media app while using the bathroom? 🚽
All without indicating that your phone is recording you and your
surrounding, no LEDs, no light or any other kind of indication.
He included this video, too: ...
https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/editorial/ios-camera-permissions-privacy-loophole/
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