Since the release of Apple’s iOS 14 betas, the OS has been able to reveal many apps that were accessing information without permission. We have seen companies like LinkedIn, Reddit, and TikTok allegedly copy clipboard data of users without permission, thanks to the new privacy-focused features of iOS 14. Now, the software has caught Instagram using the camera of users’ devices even when they are just scrolling through their newsfeed.
So, this issue is actually a bug of the app that is causing the cam/mic indicators of iOS 14 to show up even when Instagram is not using the hardware pieces. “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. We do not access your camera in those instances, and no content is recorded.”, he/she further added.
