Ditto! Tried it once and we couldn't get it to work, never tried it again. Easier to just pick up the phone and call or text.
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Apple Temporarily Disables Walkie-Talkie App for Apple Watch Due to Eavesdropping Vulnerability
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Yes, that is correct.
After the bug was identified, Apple disabled the feature until it is fixed.
That is awesome security in a world increasing vulnerable to sophisticated hacking.
Nothing serious is going here. Daily programming jargon as usual. I don’t know what you are expecting here. Wait, ahh, yeah, average user. So it is understandable that they cannot relate. Makes sense.
Well said. Better than hiding it until critical damage is done, or even cover and spin the damage to avoid responsibility after critical damage.
Yes, it is not a good thing. What would you do in this exact scenario? Would you delay releasing software until all bugs are fixed or release the software as scheduled and fix bugs down the road as more people using the software? I believe most developers will choose the later option.
watchOS 6 allows user to delete some built in apps. Hope walkie-talkie is delete-able.
That is just wrong. Most reputable companies have established vulnerability disclosure programs, processes, bug bounties and do not ignore vulnerabilities.
Another fun one, use walkie-talkie while listening to music on your iPhone. Let the hilarity ensue.*
*It doesn’t always trip up but because it is a bug it does happen now on then.
*It doesn’t always trip up but because it is a bug it does happen now on then.
Highly unlikely, they could only block services from working if needed like this situation and the FaceTime bug months back.
It is not "sophisticated hacking" when you can break security with a bit of user interface abuse.
It is also not "awesome security" considering there has already been a similar bug with FaceTime. Seems like they don't fix bugs at the core and don't learn lessons form previous mistakes.
Really? How can you both hear the sound coming from the watch with all the racket in a busy mall? Unless both of you have bluetooth headphones/AirPods on all the time.
The issue is not how they handled this incident, but that it happened again.
And in some parallel, distorted universe,
"Apple releases technology preview of WatchOS 6.0 with additional bugs insertion, significant performance regression, and more"
"Apple releases technology preview of WatchOS 6.0 with additional bugs insertion, significant performance regression, and more"
And I guarantee you, another such incident will happen again in the future, just switch to a different app/OS.
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At least Apple does not ignore vulnerabilities this time. And I am pretty sure Apple is still a reputable company as of today. What is your argument? Oh, Apple does not pay millions to critical system bugs found by people outside Apple. Got it.
Me and my wife use it from time to time. It’s better than a text or a phone call when you need something fast since it grabs your attention.
Yea I didn’t even mention the Airpods! Walkie talkie is an even better user experience with it, but I also find the Series 4 speakers to be the best quality the Watch has ever had. It’s quite loud and if you hear the WT notification chime (or feel the haptic tap), it gives you a second for you to bring the watch closer to your ear to hear better. I mean, WT is going to be useless at a concert or night club of course but I find it audible at a shopping area.
I think it's a combination of Apple's scale becoming so big that it's impossible to manage flawlessly, combined with software always having bugs (I say this as a software developer) and most importantly people forgetting that Apple products always had issues and it's super easy to look back through rose-tinted glasses.
It's just irritating, apple has huge eavesdropping security flaw again and then people here start praising them for their "awesome security"....
My argument is if apple had ”awesome security" they wouldn't have huge vulnerabilities resurfacing on other devices months after they have supposedly fixed it. And they would have a bug bounty program going to leverage crowdsourced security. Apple paying millions to researchers who find critical system bugs - yes, that is how bug bounty programs work... why do you have an issue with that? it's a win win.
I definitely do not have an issue with bug bounty program to find bugs before foreign governments and advanced hackers.
Regarding your argument, blame marketing as this is the nature for marketing team to spread lies so that people will buy their flawed-by-design products. Apple just does not lie hard enough, yet.
True, but often not without good reason. Large companies are truly excellent at spinning things. Apple have a military grade marketing department and they are especially adept here.
So with only what is in this article available to me I'll make the following observation, instead of making the statement, "We were just made aware", which is down to interpretation as time is relative, they should have said, "Last week, (or whenever it was), we were first made aware......"
That is how to be truly open and honest. Own worst enemy.