Facebook has made a statement today warning to all its users who have an iPhone updated to iOS 13. Your application has a "bug" which causes the phone's camera to activate automatically without user authorization simply when you press to view a photo.
Yesterday there were several users who via Twitter began to denounce this fact. This morning Facebook has also confirmed it on this social network and has quickly sent Apple an update to correct the glaring error. It is therefore expected that Apple authorizes it and soon we can download this update.
Guy Rosen, vice president for integrity at Facebook, confirmed today on his Twitter account the existence of a serious computer error that violates the privacy of users. He explains that while they were solving a problem last week, a programming glitch was "sneaked in" by mistake that causes the Facebook application to open the camera screen when you click on a photo to enlarge it.
This bug only occurs on iPhone devices updated to iOS 13. It also ensures that at the moment they have no evidence that photos or videos have been posted on Facebook due to this error. In principle, the bug only activates the camera, it does not take pictures automatically.
He has also ensured that they have quickly corrected the error with a new update, which they have already sent to Apple for distribution. It is expected that during today it can be downloaded.
Facebook has acted quickly after seeing several complaints posted on Twitter. You can see screenshots in which you can see how while they were quietly browsing the Facebook application, they saw images of the site where they were, captured by their camera.
Joshua Maddux one of the first to report it, was surprised to see his carpet while looking at the contents of the application. Luckily, the bug has quickly been verified by the company and it is expected that it will be fixed today in a new update.
