How to disable FaceTime so people can't spy on you by exploiting a bug

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There’s a massive privacy bug on iPhones that lets people call you with FaceTime to hear you and see you — even if you don’t pick up the call.

Here’s the gist of how it works: Using the bug, someone can listen in or see you through your iPhone.

Apple said a fix is on the way, but here’s how you can turn off FaceTime on your iPhone to prevent anyone from trying to snoop on you in the meantime.

Open Settings.
Choose FaceTime.
Toggle the button so that FaceTime is off (there’s no green showing.)

That’s it. I tested it on my own iPhone and it stopped FaceTime calls from coming in entirely, so nobody could just listen in or try to watch me through my iPhone’s camera.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/how-to-disable-facetime.html

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. Thanks for sharing that.

It sure was news to me!

[fierywoman]

2. THANK YOU !

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Yet another thing that makes me more and more reluctant

to get any kind of smart phone.

[question everything]

4. Second that

Still, both my spouse with the MacBook and I with the desktop iMac have the camera lenses covered..