Apple Gets Sued Over FaceTime Bug That Lets People Eavesdrop

Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities and Horace Dediu of Asymco discuss the privacy-related problems faced by Apple.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Laurel Brubaker Calkins

January 30, 2019 at 2:17 AM UTC

Updated on

January 30, 2019 at 2:34 AM UTC

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Apple Inc. was sued by a Houston lawyer who claims his iPhone inadvertently allowed an unknown person to eavesdrop on his private conversation with a client.

Apple has come under fire for a bug in its iOS 12.1 iPhone software that lets outsiders listen to conversations held during live video group chats using the company’s FaceTime feature.