on January 29th, according to foreign media reports, Apple's FaceTime function was found to have a major vulnerability, and it is currently spreading wildly on social media. When you call anyone with FaceTime, this vulnerability allows you to hear their voice through your phone immediately before the other party answers or rejects the call. So what about iPhone phone hacking? How do I turn off FaceTime on my iPhone or Mac?
In response, apple said the issue would be resolved in a software update later this week.
Obviously, this vulnerability causes a considerable privacy problem, because people can basically listen to any IOS user through this way. Although it looks normal, there is no sign that people who call FaceTime can hear their voice.
Technology blog 9to5mac recreates this vulnerability by using iPhone x to call iPhone x FaceTime. However, it is said that any IOS device running IOS 12.1 or later will be affected by this vulnerability.
As it is, if your iPhone rings an incoming FaceTime request, someone on the other end may be listening.
9to5mac also found that if users press the power button of the lock screen, their videos will also be sent to the caller without their knowledge. In this case, the receiver can hear your voice, but they do not know that they are also transmitting their audio and video to you. In their view, all they can see is to answer and reject. According to others, it seems that there are other ways to trigger the eavesdropping of video sources.
9to5mac also uses iPhone to make FaceTime calls to Mac to test the vulnerability. By default, the MAC rings longer than the phone, so it lasts even longer as a bug.
Apple said the problem will be resolved in a software update later this week. Before that, if users were worried about this, they should disable FaceTime in IOS settings.
How do I turn off FaceTime on my iPhone or Mac?
To disable the FaceTime feature on iPhone and iPad:
1 open the settings application
2 scroll down and find the FaceTime Icon
3 switch it to gray
To disable FaceTime on a Mac, follow these steps:
1 open FaceTime app on MAC
2 click 'FaceTime' in the menu bar
3 Click 'close FaceTime'
Basically, if someone calls you with FaceTime and you don't answer, they can hear what you're saying in the right way. In addition, if you press the device's power button, they can even receive video. So before Apple releases an update to fix this vulnerability, the best solution is to disable FaceTime.