因可能允許竊聽(tīng)，蘋(píng)果禁用對(duì)講機(jī)功能

因可能允許竊聽(tīng)，蘋(píng)果禁用對(duì)講機(jī)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(duì)講機(jī)功能可能被用來(lái)竊聽(tīng)iPhone用戶(hù)后，蘋(píng)果關(guān)閉了這款手表的對(duì)講機(jī)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(píng)果公司在一份聲明中表示，因?qū)χv機(jī)功能“可以在未經(jīng)允許的情況下監(jiān)聽(tīng)另一個(gè)用戶(hù)的iPhone”,雖然還未發(fā)現(xiàn)有人實(shí)際利用這一漏洞，但作為預(yù)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(gè)bug到底是什么，蘋(píng)果只透露“需要特定條件和事件序列來(lái)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(yīng)用程序仍將出現(xiàn)在A(yíng)pple Watch設(shè)備上，但在漏洞被修復(fù)之前，它將無(wú)法啟動(dòng)。

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

對(duì)講機(jī)功能是蘋(píng)果公司在9月份推出的，稱(chēng)其為“快速與朋友和家人取得聯(lián)系的一種有趣且簡(jiǎn)單的方式”。

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

用戶(hù)只需按下一個(gè)按鈕，就可以互相發(fā)送簡(jiǎn)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(kù)比蒂諾的科技巨頭今年第二次不得不修復(fù)與隱私有關(guān)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(píng)果(Apple)因安全漏洞關(guān)閉了其Face-Time群組視頻通話(huà)應(yīng)用，一名14歲的用戶(hù)指出了這個(gè)漏洞——允許打電話(huà)的人遠(yuǎn)程激活其他用戶(hù)的麥克風(fēng)。

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

蘋(píng)果股價(jià)周四收盤(pán)下跌1.48美元，至201.75美元。