A stranger showed up in Facetime!!

Today while I called a friend on a FaceTime call, I suddenly saw my friend and another random person show up in the call! They had no clue of who I was or how they ended up there. This is BIG PRIVACY BREACH!!!! Interestingly after hanging up I had no record of them in my phone. Not sure how they got connected!


i would really like to know what went wrong there and if it’s really a glitch in the systems, it’s a pretty big glitch which warrants a fix before FaceTime can be made public for use!!!

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 8:59 PM

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Jul 4, 2022 3:43 PM in response to stiwari3

Hi stiwari3,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Wondering if your friend (or you) mistakenly added the other person somehow.


An Apple Support article : Make a Group FaceTime call on iPhone – Apple Support

says:

"Any participant can add another person at any time during a FaceTime call."

and

"When someone invites you to join a Group FaceTime call, you receive a notification of the incoming call—you can either join or decline".


All the best :-)

Jul 4, 2022 4:43 PM in response to stiwari3

Sorry, if my suggestion upset you. Eg: There are many people in my contacts I would not know by sight, because I make purchases from them, e-mail various-queries to them, or use their services, etc., but never see their faces.


We are all Apple users, like yourself, in this community, volunteering our time to try and help troubleshoot. (Apple does not read or reply to questions here.)


Have not heard of anyone else seeing complete strangers appear in FaceTime.


Somehow, the stranger must have received an invitation.

Eg: Create a link to a FaceTime call on iPhone – Apple Support

says: (if they receive a link) "They can join you in one-on-one and Group FaceTime calls from their browser—no login is necessary."


Sorry I don't know much about how the call logs are compiled.

(Eg: If the stranger didn't stay, would it be recorded ?)

Maybe another community member may be able to volunteer that information.


All the best :-)

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