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Jitsi privacy flaw enables one-click stealth audio and video capture


A Jitsi feature allows an attacker to transmit user's microphone and camera in the background without their consent.

Jitsi also hosts a public instance, with millions of monthly active users. An attacker runs a meeting called `MiniGinger` on the public Jitsi instance meet.jit.si. When a user visits the attacker controller webpage `CuteCats.com`, in the background they are redirected to:

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