Some people have complained that their cameras got turned on while they were looking through Facebook’s app.

When you’re scrolling through Facebook’s app, the social network could be watching you back,concerned users have found. Multiple people have found and reported that their iPhone cameras were turned on in the background while they were looking at their feed. 

The issue came to light through several posts on Twitter. Users noted that their cameras were activated behind Facebook’s app as they were watching videos or looking at photos on the social network.  

After people clicked on the video to full screen, returning it back to normal would create a bug in which Facebook’s mobile layout was slightly shifted to the right. With the open space on the left, you could now see the phone’s camera activated in the background. 

It’s since been tweeted a couple other times, and CNET has also been able to replicate the issue. Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Daryl Lasafin, the creative director of marketing agency Dame Digital in the Philippines, said he dismissed the issue when he first noticed it on Sunday morning, thinking it was a minor glitch. Then, as he continued using Facebook’s app throughout the day, he couldn’t help but keep noticing his camera activated in the background. 

“I thought it was just my phone or the app acting up,” Lasafin said in a direct message. “Then I observed it became more persistent that evening.”

He tried troubleshooting it himself, uninstalling and reinstalling the app, as well as removing Facebook’s access to the camera. The camera still popped up after all that, but after he revoked permissions from Facebook, it was just a black screen, Lasafin said.

The bug appears to only affect the latest iOS versions, and it didn’t happen on Android devices. The Next Web reported that the bug didn’t appear on iOS 12.

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