The One App Apple Doesn’t Want You To Know Is Ruining Your iPhone

If our smartphones are a vast land of possibilities, apps are the Wild West. As such, some apps are amazing sources of information or fantastic helpers in our everyday life — while others are duds that take up space, drain our batteries, and are leaving us more open and vulnerable to hacking attempts. Not every app will prove a gem and knowing which ones to stay away from or swap for stronger alternatives is important. This is the one app Apple doesn’t want you to know is ruining your iPhone.

During quarantine, many smartphone users came to realize how much they rely on video conferencing for both work and to keep in contact with friends and family. Although there are a few options out there (Zoom becoming a clear favorite for many businesses), FaceTime doesn’t always make it to the top of tech experts’ lists of best video communication apps. 

“Bugs and performance problems with Apple’s FaceTime application, which is used to conduct video conversations, are well-known in the industry,” says Daniela Sawyer, founder and business development strategist of FindPeopleFast.net, a web-based people searching website. “Attackers may eavesdrop on the receiver’s smartphone and hear anything the user is saying into the device’s microphone due to a notable flaw in this program.”