Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access

asenk wrote: post #3

Good time to remind that Facebook has previously intentionally bypassed permission dialogs to gather data without user permission: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5433555/Note-by-C...

I also noticed they've started resetting the notification settings I set through the Android settings menu for Messenger. I didn't know this was supposed to be possible.

Re: Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access

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Post by jonny383 » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 9:10 AM UTC

Prepare yourselves for the floods of angry HN comments saying "IT WAS DELIBERATE!!!!1" and insert conspiracy theory here.

Re: Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access

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Post by saagarjha » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 9:11 AM UTC

> “I guess it does say something when Facebook trust has eroded so badly that it will not get the benefit of the doubt when people see such a bug,” said Strafach.

Re: Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access

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Post by lmilcin » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 9:16 AM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #8

> “I guess it does say something when Facebook trust has eroded so badly that it will not get the benefit of the doubt when people see such a bug,” said Strafach.

Exactly. That what happens when you are repeatedly caught lying and then reversing your statements only after you were caught and then pretending nothing happened.

Re: Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access

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Post by bigyanshr » Wed, Nov 13, 2019, 9:18 AM UTC

It easy, nowadays, to do anything and say it's a bug. Easy to escape that way than getting your ass kicked by loads of lawsuits.