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I’ve been called out plenty of times for it. So when Apple patches a bug that lets a malicious app get access to the camera without permission, I find myself in a rather precarious situation. This week, Apple released iOS 27.2 to the public, and with it, over 160 different vulnerability patches.
One of them fixes a bug that could let a malicious app access an iPhone’s or Mac’s camera without the user’s permission. Rest assured, this is not a hardware issue. Apple’s post-2008 change that put the camera module and the green LED indicator on the same circuit is not at fault here.more….
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