[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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