Apple disables Walkie-Talkie feature for flaw that could allow eavesdropping因可能允许窃听，苹果禁用对讲机功能Apple disabled the Walkie-Talkie feature of its Apple Watch after discovering it could be used to eavesdrop on iPhone owners.

在发现Apple Watch的对讲机功能可能被用来窃听iPhone用户后，苹果关闭了这款手表的对讲机功能。

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.

”苹果公司在一份声明中表示，因对讲机功能可以在未经允许的情况下监听另一个用户的iPhone”,虽然还未发现有人实际利用这一漏洞，但作为预防措施，它决定禁用了这一功能.

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

”目前还不清楚这个bug到底是什么，苹果只透露需要特定条件和事件序列来利用”。

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

尽管该应用程序仍将出现在Apple Watch设备上，但在漏洞被修复之前，它将无法启动。

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

”对讲机功能是苹果公司在9月份推出的，称其为快速与朋友和家人取得联系的一种有趣且简单的方式”。

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

用户只需按下一个按钮，就可以互相发送简短的录音片段。

This is the second time this year that the Cupertino, Calif.

, tech giant has had to fix a privacy-related bug.

这是这家位于加州库比蒂诺的科技巨头今年第二次不得不修复与隐私有关的漏洞。

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，苹果(Apple)因安全漏洞关闭了其Face-Time群组视频通话应用，一名14岁的用户指出了这个漏洞——允许打电话的人远程激活其他用户的麦克风。

Apple shares ended Thursday’s trading down by $1.

48, to $201.

75.

苹果股价周四收盘下跌1.

48美元，至201.

75美元。

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