The FaceTime feature on the iOS 12.1.4 software does not appear to allow people to add a participant to their one-on-one call, according to multiple reports on MacRumors forums.
In this quick tutorial, we show you how to block callers on FaceTime and message senders in Apple's Messages app on your Mac.
Keeping true to its promise, Apple will compensate 14-year-old Grant Thompson who figured out that the sketchy eavesdropping flaw in the group FaceTime feature existed.
In addition to resolving the catastrophic eavesdropping issue with group FaceTime, Apple has also uncovered—and fixed!—a vulnerability in the Live Photos feature within FaceTime.
For those wondering, group FaceTime is not working on the latest iOS 12.2 and macOS Mojave 10.14.4 betas that were released earlier this week on Monday.
Following today's release of the iOS 12.1.4 update that fixed the eavesdropping bug with group FaceTime on iPhone and iPad, Apple followed up with a similar update for Mac computers.
Apple's group FaceTime servers are now back online.
Apple today released the iOS 12.1.4 update with an emergency fix for the embarrassing bug in the group FaceTime feature that enabled anyone to eavesdrop on private conversations.
Grant Thompson, the 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the embarrassing flaw with group FaceTime more than a week before Apple took action will be eligible for the company's bug bounty program after all, in spite of some initial claims to the contrary.
After the issue was widely reported at the start of this week, Apple immediately disabled the group FaceTime feature and promised to release a fix later this week.
Following an eavesdropping issue that let FaceTime callers see and hear the person they were calling before they answered, Apple is now facing its first lawsuit over the embarrassing bug.
Just yesterday, Apple was compelled to temporarily disable its FaceTime service after a critical bug was discovered that enabled a malicious individual to ‘spy’ on someone else via the recipient’s microphone and camera. Apple later mentioned that they would implement a fix via a software update later this week.
The circumstances present obvious implications for the jailbreak community, as installing a software update would reduce your jailbreakability to practically zilch. That said, if you’re waiting for an iOS 12 jailbreak to drop and don’t have the means to install Apple’s upcoming firmware update, then you’re undoubtedly questioning what the best course of action is.