An iOS update adds a feature that detects when someone is not wearing clothes during FaceTime sessions. When nudity is detected, the phone pauses audio and video, prompting the user to reflect. Reports describe calls becoming blocked during intimate moments, including long-distance relationship experiences. The feature is presented as a child-protection measure, but some users view it as invasive and question why LGBTQ+ users are affected first. Comments indicate people switched to other apps like WhatsApp after the change. The feature can be turned off in settings, and the detection mechanism is described as less creepy than expected, though details are incomplete.
"Suddenly, not only can your phone tell when you're lacking clothes during a FaceTime session—it can and will pause audio and video while you take the time to reflect on your choices, you naughty sexting fool!"
"The audio-video disabling is part of a new iOS update as part of a new feature designed to protect children, which makes sense, but it also feels like a direct response to the great 2020 accidental exposure wave that had people like Jeffrey Toobin losing their jobs due to turning their camera on at the worst possible time."
"Well that feels slightly homophobic! But don't worry, because you can easily turn the feature off in settings. The more pressing question, however, is how your phone suddenly knows when you're in your birthday suit."
""Me n my girlfriend found this out the other day coz we're long distance," one woman commented on a video about the update. "Had to switch to whatsapp calls.""
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