iPhone Users, Beware! Facebook Bug can secretly turn On your iPhone Camera

iPhone users, beware. Facebook is spying on you! Bug Caused Camera on Facebook iOS App to Activate When Not in Use

iPhone users, beware. Facebook is spying on you! 

Several iPhone users were left shocked the moment they figured that their phone’s camera gets automatically turned on in the background while they’re scrolling through the Facebook feed. might be actively using your camera without your knowledge while you’re scrolling your feed.

The bug first appeared to the iPhone user Joshua Maddux who was running the latest iOS 13. He took this incident posted to Twitter to report the unusual behavior, which occurs in the Facebook app for iOS. In the footage, he shared that, you can see his iPhone camera actively working. 

Found a @facebook #security & #privacy issue. When the app is open it actively uses the camera. I found a bug in the app that lets you see the camera open behind your feed. Note that I had the camera pointed at the carpet. pic.twitter.com/B8b9oE1nbl

— Joshua Maddux (@JoshuaMaddux) November 10, 2019

Facebook Vice President of Integrity Guy Rosen first tweeted that it “sounds like a bug” and the social networking platform was investigating. “Thanks for flagging this. This sounds like a bug, we are looking into it,” tweeted Rosen in reply to a user.

Facebook needs is the discovery of a bug that calls the company’s commitment to privacy into question. And yet, that’s exactly what happened this week.