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Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch, because of a flaw that let users eavesdrop on other people\u2019s iPhones.<\/p>\n

The Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had accepted an invitation send and receive short audio message"},"modified":"2019-07-11T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:42:23","slug":"apple-watch-bug-allowed-iphone-eavesdropping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/11\/apple-watch-bug-allowed-iphone-eavesdropping\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch bug allowed iPhone eavesdropping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch, because of a flaw that let users eavesdrop on other people\u2019s iPhones.<\/p>\n

The Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had accepted an invitation send and receive short audio messages.<\/p>\n

But Apple said it had been \u201cmade aware\u201d of a flaw that \u201ccould allow somebody to listen through another customer\u2019s iPhone without consent\u201d.<\/p>\n

It has disabled the feature and apologised for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n

However, Apple said it was not aware of the Walkie-Talkie bug being exploited by anybody in the real world.<\/p>\n

It said \u201cspecific conditions and sequences of events\u201d would be required to exploit the bug.<\/p>\n

Apple found a similar \u201ceavesdropping\u201d flaw in its FaceTime video-calling app back in January.<\/p>\n

In some cases, callers could activate the microphone on a target iPhone even if the recipient did not answer their call.<\/p>\n

It issued a software update to fix the flaw.<\/p>\n

Webcam exposed<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In a separate issue, video-conferencing platform Zoom has addressed a flaw that let attackers access webcams without permission.<\/p>\n

Researcher Jonathan Leitschuh found a bug that let attackers initiate video calls and access a target\u2019s webcam.<\/p>\n

Zoom initially described the issue as low priority.<\/p>\n

But on Tuesday, it issued an update to address the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate the hard work of the security researcher in identifying security concerns on our platform,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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