Joke's on you. I have FaceTime completely disabled because it's patently obnoxious to witness random people using it in public.
Actually, all cell phone use in public is obnoxious, but FaceTime is even worse.
Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
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Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#32"It turned out that the teen who discovered the bug, Grant Thompson, had attempted to contact Apple about the issue but was unable to get a response."
Good they fixed this. Too often security vulnerabilities remain unaddressed, I think that was the case with Mariot hotels data leak, the staff knew for quite some there are privacy troubles. Now they're being fined for not taking action.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#33I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
Just wrap your phone into some tinfoil and it's over ;-)
Luckily that feature was built in on the iPhone 4 ;)
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#34Also: apple mail is so horrendously broken, any multipart email is likely to fall apart and attachments get chopped off or corrupted every other email.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#35I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
Are you doing this to your friends or strangers? The attack requires plenty of effort and an Apple iCloud account so not the eeasiest thing to scale.
Still had if it doesn't scale. The people who are going to want a quick peek at camera are stalkers, political opponents (get a view of compromising activities or visitors) , drug dealer conflict retribution (get location), etc.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#36I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
For me the most annoying bit is how it’s impossible to do any action others than accepting or declining the call on the iPhone. It’s basicall a phone DOS.
This happens to me on Android as well and it has always been like this. Would love to know why a phone call needs to block all other actions except accept/reject a call.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me the most annoying bit is how it’s impossible to do any action others than accepting or declining the call on the iPhone. It’s basicall a phone DOS.
This happens to me on Android as well and it has always been like this. Would love to know why a phone call needs to block all other actions except accept/reject a call.
If I'm getting a call while using my Pixel, I just get a notification with quick-action button for accept, deny, and screen.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#38I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
Absolutely. There needs to be a block this user right on the accept/cancel screen. Apple also needs to track who is doing this and repeat offenders lose access to FT in general or that iTunes account.
I really don't understand why calls and texts don't have a default mode to only ring or pass through if they are from a contact. Depending on the government to prevent robo calling seems foolish. We need technology built into the device.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#39I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
Couldn't you just put the phone into Airplane Mode while you block the caller? This would be my first action.
Re: Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to eavesdropping vulnerability
#40I've found that it's pretty easy to get people to inadvertently accept FaceTime calls if you continuously spam them. (I was on the receiving end of this attack.) Here's how it works. 1- It's very easy and instantaneous to redial someone on FaceTime if they decline your call. You can just spam the call button and the target will get a continuous ring, basically. 2- Even if they turn on Do Not Disturb, many people have…
Absolutely. There needs to be a block this user right on the accept/cancel screen. Apple also needs to track who is doing this and repeat offenders lose access to FT in general or that iTunes account. I really don't understand why calls and texts don't have a default mode to only ring or pass through if they are from a contact. Depending on the government to prevent robo calling seems foolish. We need technology buil…
iOS 13 adds this for phone calls: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/06/ios-13-silence-unknown-...
Don't know about FaceTime, it's not mentioned so I'm guessing no change on that front.