After user reports, Instagram says it is “fixing a bug in iOS 14 Beta that mistakenly indicates that some people are using the camera when they aren't”
The company says it's fixing the issue — In the latest instance of iOS 14's beta mode tattling on unexpected app behavior …
The Verge Kim Lyons
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Discussion
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@markwillard85
Mark Willard
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Holy crap. Instagram is accessing your phone's camera whenever the app is open. That's arguably even worse than TikTok and other apps grabbing your clipboard without telling you. https://twitter.com/...
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@johnwilander
John Wilander
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“... seeing the green ‘camera on’ indicator while using Instagram when they were just scrolling through their feeds, not taking a photo or video. An Instagram spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the behavior was a bug and that it's being fixed.” https://www.theverge.c…
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@nixcraft
@nixcraft
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“Bug”, Yeah, right . An Instagram bug showed a ‘camera on’ indicator for iOS 14 devices even when users weren't taking photos https://www.theverge.com/... FB has never ever lied. lol
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@andy_watt
Andy Watt
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This latest #ios is proving very interesting! https://9to5mac.com/...
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@rouzbeh7000
Rouzbeh Abadi
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One the milion reasons that I deleted my @instagram account years ago. https://twitter.com/...