Apple's FaceTime Privacy Flaw Disclosure Being Probed by N.Y.

  • Gov. Cuomo, AG James announce investigation into disclosures
  • Apple disabled feature Monday and plans a software update fix
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New York officials are investigating a recent Apple Inc. privacy breach that allowed some users of its FaceTime video-chat service to listen in on people they contacted even before the person accepted or rejected the call.

The joint probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office will focus on what they say was Apple’s failure to warn consumers about the bug and its slow response to one of the biggest privacy-related problems faced by the company.