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A comment on Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent camera access. Parent comment

Re:Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent c... by pc86 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:36PM (#21526927)
> > > It's just good (paranoid?) OPSEC to defend against remote takeover exploits.

> > > [Camera shutters are] just good (paranoid?) OPSEC to defend against remote takeover exploits.

> > > [Camera shutters are] ... good ... [defense] against remote takeover exploits.

Clearly I misunderstood your intent, but the comment does seem to indicate what I thought.

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Re:Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app’s inadvertent c... by vonmoltke on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @06:10PM (#21530803)
Nothing there says or indicates anything about preventing takeovers. Preventing is a strict subset of defending against.
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