Kid Tried to Warn Apple About FaceTime Bug

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The 14-year-old boy’s mother reached out to Apple multiple times last week with no response.

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Published Jan. 29 2019 5:55PM EST

FaceTime_birlz8 — Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

An Apple bug that allowed callers to listen in on unsuspecting participants of group FaceTime calls was discovered last week by a teenage boy, days before the company addressed the glitch.

Audrey McNamara

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Kid Tried to Warn Apple About FaceTime Bug

The 14-year-old boy’s mother reached out to Apple multiple times last week with no response.

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Audrey McNamara