It's Super Easy To Spy On iPhones With Apple's Embarrassing FaceTime Bug -- But It's Still Illegal

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Despite the simplicity of using Apple's FaceTime bug to spy on another, it remains illegal under the Wiretap Act

 

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Glad all of my friends are non-techy people, and feels good to have an Android

…lot's of things are 'illegal'

Ok. But are you going to take this debunked, discredited bullshit off your website any time soon? Published 6 yrs ago still circulated by morons on twitter who don't realise how grossly misleading it is. Article contradicts study it's actually based on.

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