Android loophole can have your camera taking your picture and video without you knowing

Former Google engineer Szymon Sidor has found a troubling loophole in Android. This loophole can allow a malicious app to take control of the cameras on your Android device without you knowing, and upload the images to an unknown server. The whole process would take place without your knowledge, making it even scarier.



The loophole was recreated by Sidor, which you can check out in the video at the bottom of the page. Since Google requires an on-screen preview for apps to take photos, you will see that none can be found on Sidor's phone. That is because Google does not have a minimum size ...



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