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Thursday, October 26, 2017

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Cyber criminals can use apps to secretly turn on your iPhone's camera at any time: Here's how to protect yourself


Cyber criminals can use iPhone apps to secretly turn on your front or back camera at any time, a security expert has warned. An engineer was able to build an app that silently takes a picture of its user every second and then secretly uploads them to the internet  (stock image)Cyber criminals can use iPhone apps to secretly turn on your front or back camera at any time, a security expert has warned.
Google engineer Felix Krause was able to build an app that silently takes a picture of its user every second and then uploads them to the internet.
He said the issues is a 'privacy loophole that can be abused by iOS apps'.
The only safe way to protect yourself from the hack is using camera covers, which can be bought online, though a simple sticky note will suffice.
You can also revoke camera access for all apps and always use the built-in camera app to avoid being caught out.


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