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How to Make an Audio Call on FaceTime

How to Make an Audio Call on FaceTime

Tired of low-quality cell phone calls? Thanks to FaceTime, you can make audio-only calls with crystal-clear high-resolution sound using an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac.  Facetime, the built-in video calling app on Apple devices, has an undisputed audience base. Besides its video calling services, users also count on it for making audio calls to their friends. Reason being, its seamless and…

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Apple wins dismissal of Texas lawyer's FaceTime eavesdropping lawsuit

Apple wins dismissal of Texas lawyer’s FaceTime eavesdropping lawsuit

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Texas lawyer who claimed a widely-publicized security flaw in the FaceTime group video chat software on Apple Inc’s iPhones allowed someone to eavesdrop on a deposition, according to Reuters.

U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal in Houston on Thursday ruled that Houston attorney Larry Williams’ lawsuit failed to allege Apple knew…

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Apple's iOS 12.1.4 is coming to fix the worst iPhone and iPad bug to date

Apple’s iOS 12.1.4 is coming to fix the worst iPhone and iPad bug to date

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”If you’re running iOS 12.1 or later on your iPhone, then the iOS 12.1.4 patch that’s coming next week is a must-have because it patches what the worst iOS bug to hit iPhone and iPad users to date,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes for ZDNet. “According to Apple, this patch will land ‘next week.'”

“iOS 12.1.4 will fix a [Group] FaceTime bug that offered a way for another…

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Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime eavesdropping bug; will issue fix and re-enable feature next week

Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime eavesdropping bug; will issue fix and re-enable feature next week

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Apple has apologised over a major FaceTime bug that let people listen in on others’ iPhones,” Andrew Griffin reports for The Independent. “A fix has now been developed and will be with users next week, it said.”

An Apple spokesperson told The Independent:

We have fixed the Group FaceTime security bug on Apple’s servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable the…

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Canadian law firm applies for class action lawsuit against Apple over FaceTime eavesdropping bug

Canadian law firm applies for class action lawsuit against Apple over FaceTime eavesdropping bug

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Montréal-based law firm Lambert Avocat Inc. has applied for a class action lawsuit against Apple with the Superior Court of Québec, seeking compensation for all persons exposed to a major FaceTime privacy bug that enabled users to eavesdrop on the people they call, according to its website,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors.

“The proposed lawsuit seeks compensation for…

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New York state begins probe into Apple's slow response to FaceTime eavesdropping flaw

New York state begins probe into Apple’s slow response to FaceTime eavesdropping flaw

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”New York officials are investigating a recent Apple Inc. privacy breach that allowed some users of its FaceTime video-chat service to listen in on people they contacted even before the person accepted or rejected the call,” Erik Larson and Mark Gurman report for Bloomberg.

“The joint probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office will…

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Apple sued over FaceTime bug that lets people eavesdrop

Apple sued over FaceTime bug that lets people eavesdrop

”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,” Laurel Brubaker Calkins reports for Bloomberg. “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.”

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Apple was alerted about FaceTime eavesdropping bug days ago, did nothing

Apple was alerted about FaceTime eavesdropping bug days ago, did nothing

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”More details surrounding the major FaceTime eavesdropping bug that 9to5Mac exclusively reported on yesterday are emerging,” Michael Potuck reports for 9to5Mac.

“A woman has claimed that her teenage son discovered the flaw and warned Apple about it last week,” Potuck reports. “Now a video has surfaced as evidence for the teenager’s discovery dated January 23rd.”

Potuck…

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