Instagram Blames Bug After Being Outed for Suspiciously Accessing Camera By iOS 14 Camera Indicator
Kim Lyons, reporting for The Verge:
In the latest instance of iOS 14’s beta mode tattling on unexpected app behavior, some users reported that they were seeing the green “camera on” indicator while using Instagram when they were just scrolling through their feeds, not taking a photo or video.
An Instagram spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the behavior was a bug and that it’s being fixed.
A bug. Sure.
Don’t forget that Instagram’s privacy policy (which is exactly the same as Facebook’s) provides them with the legal leeway to access your camera at virtually any time, and then do whatever they want with whatever they may happen to see. Convenient.