Apple says it’s fixing a security flaw affecting the
Walkie Talkie app on Apple Watch.
The company said it has temporarily disabled
a feature that could have allowed someone to
listen through another person’s iPhone without
that person’s consent.
Apple says it’s not easy to exploit the bug to spy
on a customer and there’s no evidence anyone
has done so.
The company says it plans to fix the
problem quickly.
Apple pledged earlier this year to respond more
quickly to people who report vulnerabilities
after a 14-year-old boy in Arizona discovered a
serious FaceTime group-chatting bug that went
unaddressed for more than a week. Apple later
rewarded the teenager for his sleuthing.