因可能允許竊聽，蘋果禁用對講機功能

因可能允許竊聽，蘋果禁用對講機功能

Apple disabled the Walkie-Talkie feature of its Apple Watch after discovering it could be used to eavesdrop on iPhone owners.

在發(fā)現(xiàn)Apple Watch的對講機功能可能被用來竊聽iPhone用戶后，蘋果關閉了這款手表的對講機功能。

In a statement, Apple said it wasn’t aware of anyone exploiting the security flaw against an iPhone owner, but disabled the feature as a precaution because it “allow[ed] someone to listen through another customer’s iPhone without consent.”

蘋果公司在一份聲明中表示，因對講機功能“可以在未經允許的情況下監(jiān)聽另一個用戶的iPhone”,雖然還未發(fā)現(xiàn)有人實際利用這一漏洞，但作為預防措施，它決定禁用了這一功能.

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It is unclear exactly what the bug was, with Apple disclosing only that “specific conditions and sequences of events are required to exploit it.”

目前還不清楚這個bug到底是什么，蘋果只透露“需要特定條件和事件序列來利用”。

Although the app will still appear on Apple Watch devices, it will not be functional until the vulnerability is patched over.

盡管該應用程序仍將出現(xiàn)在Apple Watch設備上，但在漏洞被修復之前，它將無法啟動。

Apple introduced Walkie-Talkie in September, pitching it as a “fun and easy way to quickly get in touch with friends and family.”

對講機功能是蘋果公司在9月份推出的，稱其為“快速與朋友和家人取得聯(lián)系的一種有趣且簡單的方式”。

Users are able to send each other short, recorded snippets of audio with the push of a button.

用戶只需按下一個按鈕，就可以互相發(fā)送簡短的錄音片段。

This is the second time this year that the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant has had to fix a privacy-related bug.

這是這家位于加州庫比蒂諾的科技巨頭今年第二次不得不修復與隱私有關的漏洞。

In January, Apple disabled its Face­Time group video-calling app because of a security flaw — pointed out to the company by a 14-year-old customer — that allowed callers to activate other users’ microphones remotely.

今年1月，蘋果(Apple)因安全漏洞關閉了其Face-Time群組視頻通話應用，一名14歲的用戶指出了這個漏洞——允許打電話的人遠程激活其他用戶的麥克風。

Apple shares ended Thursday’s trading down by $1.48, to $201.75.

蘋果股價周四收盤下跌1.48美元，至201.75美元。