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9to5Mac reports that a major bug in FaceTime allowed anyone with an iDevice running iOS 12.1 or latter to call someone else with FaceTime, and hear audio from their end without the other person ever picking up. Apparently, all you have to do is type your own phone number to the "add person" prompt, and FaceTime will start the call. Additionally, if the recipient of the call presses the power button, a video feed is also sent to the caller without the recipient ever knowing. Apple says that a fix should be pushed out later this week, and that they've disabled group FaceTime to mitigate the issue until then, though 9to5Mac says they were still able to reproduce the issue last night after Apple supposedly took Group FaceTime offline. Thanks to Schtask for the tip.
Macrumors uploaded a demo of the bug, which you can see here.
We have also replicated the problem with an iPhone calling a Mac. By default, the Mac rings for longer than a phone so it can act as a bug for an even longer duration...
Macrumors uploaded a demo of the bug, which you can see here.
We have also replicated the problem with an iPhone calling a Mac. By default, the Mac rings for longer than a phone so it can act as a bug for an even longer duration...