The bug, discovered by Arizona teenager Grant Thompson, enabled a FaceTime caller to listen in on audio from the receiving user’s device even before they picked up the call. (VentureBeat)

Talking point: Users in the U.S. and Canada affected by the issue are filing lawsuits against Apple. Apple’s bug-reporting process was also criticized: while Thompson’s mother attempted to report the bug for several days, it wasn’t until the issue was brought to media that the company took public action. Apple waited six days after the discovery of the bug to address the issue. Apple has been trying to stand out from other tech giants with an outspoken commitment to privacy—it pulled Facebook’s Research app for collecting data on users earlier this week—but this development undermines that public commitment.