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Apple disables group FaceTime after critical privacy bug surfaces

Apple has disabled its newly-launched Group FaceTime feature, as it works to patch a serious privacy bug that surfaced late Monday afternoon. The bug, first reported by 9to5Mac, allows FaceTime users to access the microphone and front-facing camera of the person they are calling—even if that person doesn't answer.

Watch as nearly 30 tech YouTubers come together on a group FaceTime call

The biggest tech collaboration of the year is here with nearly 30 of your favorite YouTubers having come together on a group FaceTime Video call. Their video shows off just how smooth the feature is with very little lag. On the other hand, while the execution did impress us a lot, we felt that Apple's implementation of the group-calling interface left a lot to be desired.

Group FaceTime is back in iOS 12.1 beta 1

Group FaceTime

After being pulled from iOS 12 and macOS Mojave betas earlier this year, Group FaceTime is making a comeback in the recently released iOS 12.1 beta for developers. First introduced during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote address in June, the tool allows up to 32 people to communicate at once. 

AutoAnswer X brings advanced automatic call-taking features to jailbroken iOS 11 handsets

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Depending on how often you take FaceTime or Phone calls on your iPhone, you might find it handy to have your handset automatically accept incoming calls from specific people under specific circumstances.

You can configure your iPhone to answer phone calls automatically if you have iOS 11, but a jailbreak tweak called AutoAnswer X (iOS 11) by iOS developer Elias Limneos provides a better long-term solution with more features and configuration than you could ever dream of receiving in an official iOS update from Apple.

Have more fun in phone calls with VoiceChanger X

Back in 2013, iOS developer Elias Limneos surprised the jailbreak community when he released one of the world’s first live voice changer jailbreak tweaks for the iPhone. VoiceChanger allowed you to have some fun with your phone calls by adjusting the pitch of your voice in real-time. Unfortunately, it was never updated for iOS 11.

But that all changed this week following the release of VoiceChanger X. Now, you can re-live the same entertainment you may have experienced in 2013 on your pwned iOS 11 handset.