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Privacy Vulnerability in Jitsi Allows Stealth Audio and Video Capture

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zielmicha

10mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary

The article discusses a privacy flaw in the open-source web conferencing application Jitsi that allows an attacker to capture audio and video stealthily without user consent.

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An attacker meeting will run in the background without any user interaction.
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A Jitsi feature allows an attacker to transmit user's microphone and camera in the background without their consent.

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