Apple disables its walkie-talkie Watch app due to vulnerability

guest · Jul 11, 2019

Apple disables its walkie-talkie Watch app due to vulnerability
The push-to-talk feature will be back as soon as Apple has a fix
July 11, 2019
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/11/apple-walkie-talkie-feature-disabled-vulnerability/

Apple has disabled its Walkie Talkie Watch app due to a vulnerability that could've allowed someone to listen in on other iPhones, the company told Techcrunch. In a statement, Apple said that the vulnerability -- which requires specific conditions and actions to exploit -- hasn't been used against anyone as far as it knows. It apologized to users and said it would restore the app once a fix is found.

Walkie Talkie is a FaceTime feature that enables push-to-talk calls between users, provided they grant permission. The feature was added to Watch with the release of watchOS 5, and gives users a fun, Dick Tracy-like way to communicate, anywhere in the world.
The company seems to have learned its lesson, handling the bug (reported on its vulnerability portal) promptly and taking action to mitigate it.
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guest · Jul 22, 2019

Apple fixes Walkie Talkie app vulnerability in watchOS update
July 22, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/22/apple-fixes-walkie-talkie-app-vulnerability-in-watchos-update/

If you are, for some reason, an avid Walkie Talkie user on the Apple Watch, you will be pleased to learn that the functionality is back in the latest watchOS update today. The watchOS 5.3 release notes specify that the update “[p]rovides important security updates including a fix for the Walkie-Talkie app.”
The feature was notably disabled nearly two weeks ago after Apple discovered a vulnerability, one which was unspecified but was clearly serious enough for them to quickly pull one of the hallmark updates of watchOS 5.
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guest · Aug 26, 2019

Apple reportedly halts peer-to-peer iPhone walkie-talkie project
August 26, 2019
https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/26/apple-reportedly-halts-peer-to-peer-iphone-walkie-talkie-project/

Apple has reportedly paused work on an innovative project that would have enabled new iPhones to serve as peer-to-peer walkie-talkies for communication, even when they’re outside of cellular tower range.
The Information said today that Apple was planning to include the feature in a next-generation Intel modem that was canceled earlier this year, leading to the departure of one of the technology’s leading proponents from Apple.

For Apple users, the bad news is that the feature appears to be on hold for the time being, thanks in part to Apple’s switch to Qualcomm modems. The good news is that Qualcomm has been working on its own implementation of a similar feature, LTE Direct, [...]
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