Are you one of those women that posted 'Challenge Accepted' on a famous photo-sharing app, Instagram? Here's a warning that you must know. An iOS 14 user has found an interesting yet scary observation on the Facebook affiliate app. Instagram allegedly opens your phone camera in the background, without you using or knowing it. Here's what happens.
Instagram warning: Be careful with your camera
An Instagram spokesperson said on The Verge that all allegations about the camera spying are not true. The social media giant clarified that the camera access is not a hidden cam to illegally spy or record users; it's actually a bug.
"We only access your camera when you tell us to - for example when you swipe from Feed to Camera. We found and are fixing a bug in iOS 14 Beta that mistakenly indicates that some people are using the camera when they aren't," the spokesperson said. "We do not access your camera in those instances, and no content is recorded."
Access Dots has been a controversial tool for third-party apps. Since the software detects who's actively spying you, a lot of apps are now raised with issues of privacy violations. One example was the Chinese video-sharing app, TikTok.
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