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Apple Squashes FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug
2019-01-30 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Apple has suspended its Group FaceTime application following reports that a bug in the software allowed callers to eavesdrop on the people they were calling. The flaw let a person making a FaceTime call listen through the phone of the person called before the call was accepted or rejected. It reportedly also allowed access to the front-facing camera in an iPhone.
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01.25.16 -- Innovation In Fiber Security Prevents Eavesdropping
2016-01-22 00:43:48| fiberopticsonline Home Page
01/25/16 Fiber Optics Online Newsletter
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Allied Telesis Introduces Innovation In Fiber Security To Prevent Eavesdropping
2016-01-21 02:13:13| fiberopticsonline Home Page
Allied Telesis, a universally recognized innovator of smart technologies for an information-driven world, recently announced that it has released an innovative security measure to prevent eavesdropping on fiber communications, Active Fiber Monitoring
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'Eavesdropping' Barbie creepy and dangerous: Advocacy group
2015-03-13 22:24:01| Toys - Topix.net
A children's advocacy group has launched a petition to stop the production of "Hello Barbie" - a Barbie doll with an embedded microphone and Wi-Fi connectivity to record and transmit children's conversations. According to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood's website, Mattel Inc. has partnered with ToyTalk to process the recordings and use the information so Barbie can have two-way conversations with kids through a built-in speaker.
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Flaws in Ancient Standard Enable Wireless Eavesdropping, Spying
2014-12-23 23:27:01| TechNewsWorld
Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people's cellphone calls and intercept text messages despite encryption, The Washington Post reported last week. German cybersecurity researchers Tobias Engel of Sternraute and Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs separately discovered these vulnerabilities.
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