"This
FaceTime breach is a serious threat to the security and privacy of the millions of New Yorkers who have put their trust in Apple and its products over the years," James said in a news release last month.
Apple credited Thompson for discovering the
FaceTime bug as part of its software update, nearly a week after thanking him for reporting the bug in the first place.
"We want to assure our customers that as soon as our engineering team became aware of the details necessary to reproduce the bug, they quickly disabled Group
FaceTime and began work on the fix," Apple said in a statement.
Meanwhile on the screen of the victim's device, it would appear as if the phone were still ringing with the
FaceTime request.
In the meantime, Apple appears to have disabled the ability for users to make group calls on
FaceTime.
It's different if he's just in other countries because you can do
Facetime, you can do video call, but in there, nothing zero.
iOS12 has finally brought group
FaceTime - iOS users can add up to 32 people to one
FaceTime call, or start a
FaceTime with members of an existing group chat in iMessage.
However, a source has told Gulf News that Apple is not offering the service because of the same regulatory issues that prevent the company from launching its
FaceTime app in the UAE.
"Thanks also go to Lisa's brother's girlfriend, Megan McGlynn, for filming the
FaceTime chat at the wedding.
Launched in 2010,
FaceTime is a popular video calling app amongst iPhone users.
TECHNOLOGY giant Google has released a one-to-one videocalling app which it hopes will rival
FaceTime and Skype.