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January 30, 2019 02:52 pm -05

Lawyer sues Apple over FaceTime bug, says it allowed spying on private deposition

That was fast. 

A few days after the discovery of a particularly nasty bug in Apple's FaceTime video chat app — one that allowed for a user to listen and even see the person on the other end of the line before they've answered the call — Apple is already getting slammed by lawsuits.

Houston attorney Larry D. Williams II filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming the bug allowed for someone to eavesdrop on a private deposition he had with a client, Courthouse News reported Tuesday. 

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According to the lawsuit, Williams did not mis-use the iPhone in any way, and yet the FaceTime bug "allowed for the recording of a private deposition." Read more...

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