JAKARTA – Many Apple users have reported privacy issues from a number of applications installed on their devices, especially after updating the iOS 14 Beta version. This time, Instagram is known to be able to secretly access the camera on iOS devices.
Launch The Verge, a number of iOS 14 Beta users report the camera indicator on their device which is always active when running the Instagram application. Even though it should be, the camera function will only turn on when the user creates Instagram Stories or upload photos taken by the camera.
Casually browsing Instagram when suddenly the new iOS 14 camera / microphone indicator comes on. Then control panel ratted out the app behind it. This is going to change things. # iOS14 pic.twitter.com/EnTIRsqq3R
– KevDoy (@KevDoy) July 17, 2020
Netizens who are worried about their privacy regretted that the Instagram application which remains active can secretly take pictures or record videos, even if it is not operated. Related reports bugs or problems in this application, Instagram promises to make improvements soon.
“We only access your camera when you tell us. For example, when you swipe from Feed to Camera. We have found and are fixing a bug in iOS 14 Beta, “said a spokesman for Instagram, Monday, July 27.
According to him, there is a bug in the Instagram application that is wrong, running the camera on iOS 14 even though it is not operated by the user. “In this case, we do not record or access the user’s camera,” he added.
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Previously known, there are a number of applications that are known to record the activity of Apple users after updating the iOS 14 Beta version. Several applications such as TikTok, LinkedIn to Reddit are known to access content on clipboard.
Regarding this issue, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has rolled out a security update for apps installed on iOS devices. Meanwhile Reddit is fixing some code that is causing its app to copy clipboard belongs to an Apple user.
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