Some iOS 14 users report that Instagram is accessing their cameras when it should not be, but Instagram says a bug is causing the inaccurate ‘camera on’ notifications.
App makers are going to have to rethink things when iOS 14 arrives, because the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system has a privacy feature that likes to tattle on certain behaviors. We have seen this a few times already, with the iOS 14 beta—notably, the beta revealed TikTok and a few other apps were sneakily accessing clipboard data on iPhone devices. Now Instagram is finding itself under the spotlight for a supposed bug that is causing the camera to stay on even when users are simply scrolling through their feeds.
Instagram (owned by Facebook) obviously needs to access to the camera at certain times, because it’s a photo and video sharing service.
