<p>Since the Cambridge Analytica controversy in 2018, Facebook has been facing a lot of flak for its irresponsible user privacy security on its social media platform. Now, the company has again come under the scanner for a serious glitch in the iOS mobile app.</p>.<p>Joshua Maddux, founder of 95Visual, a web designing company broke the news on Twitter after he noticed his iPhone camera on when using the Facebook app. </p>.<p>In the screen-recording, we can see the camera working (in the left corner) when Maddux using Facebook, but he was unsure if the app took any pictures or a video.</p>.<p>When the news went viral on Twitter, Guy Rosen vice-president, Safety & Integrity, Facebook confirmed that the issue was caused by a bug in the update (v246), which got introduced last week and assured that the bug did not allow the iPhone's camera to take photos nor the video.</p>.<p>"We recently discovered our iOS app incorrectly launched in landscape. In fixing that last week in v246 we inadvertently introduced a bug where the app partially navigates to the camera screen when a photo is tapped. We have no evidence of photos/videos uploaded due to this," Guy Rosen said on Twitter.</p>.<p>After taking note of the issue, the company immediately sent a new update with bug-fix for approval to the Apple App Store and it is now available for all iPhones.</p>.<p>You can follow the procedure below to update to the latest Facebook update for iOS devices.</p>.<p>Just to go App Store >> type Facebook >> update to latest firmware v247.</p>.<p><i>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps and more on personal technology only on <b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech" target="_blank">DH Tech</a>.</b></i></p>
<p>Since the Cambridge Analytica controversy in 2018, Facebook has been facing a lot of flak for its irresponsible user privacy security on its social media platform. Now, the company has again come under the scanner for a serious glitch in the iOS mobile app.</p>.<p>Joshua Maddux, founder of 95Visual, a web designing company broke the news on Twitter after he noticed his iPhone camera on when using the Facebook app. </p>.<p>In the screen-recording, we can see the camera working (in the left corner) when Maddux using Facebook, but he was unsure if the app took any pictures or a video.</p>.<p>When the news went viral on Twitter, Guy Rosen vice-president, Safety & Integrity, Facebook confirmed that the issue was caused by a bug in the update (v246), which got introduced last week and assured that the bug did not allow the iPhone's camera to take photos nor the video.</p>.<p>"We recently discovered our iOS app incorrectly launched in landscape. In fixing that last week in v246 we inadvertently introduced a bug where the app partially navigates to the camera screen when a photo is tapped. We have no evidence of photos/videos uploaded due to this," Guy Rosen said on Twitter.</p>.<p>After taking note of the issue, the company immediately sent a new update with bug-fix for approval to the Apple App Store and it is now available for all iPhones.</p>.<p>You can follow the procedure below to update to the latest Facebook update for iOS devices.</p>.<p>Just to go App Store >> type Facebook >> update to latest firmware v247.</p>.<p><i>Get the latest news on new launches, gadget reviews, apps and more on personal technology only on <b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/dh-tech" target="_blank">DH Tech</a>.</b></i></p>