Disabled | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:05:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Disabled | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Apple disables Watch Walkie-Talkie app due to eavesdropping bug https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/apple/matthew-wilson/apple-disables-watch-walkie-talkie-app-due-to-eavesdropping-bug/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/apple/matthew-wilson/apple-disables-watch-walkie-talkie-app-due-to-eavesdropping-bug/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:00:24 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=417902 While Apple normally likes to shout about its security efforts across its devices, the company has had a few notable slip ups lately. A few months ago, a FaceTime bug paved the way for secret eavesdropping through a Mac, iPhone or iPad microphone and now, a similar issue has been discovered as part of the …

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While Apple normally likes to shout about its security efforts across its devices, the company has had a few notable slip ups lately. A few months ago, a FaceTime bug paved the way for secret eavesdropping through a Mac, iPhone or iPad microphone and now, a similar issue has been discovered as part of the Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie app.

The Walkie-Talkie app was introduced to WatchOS 5 last year and is also based on FaceTime. Watch users can add someone to their Walkie-Talkie contact list and then quickly communicate with them via the watch's speaker and microphone using a ‘push to talk' system just like a walkie talkie. While two users would normally need to accept an invite to activate Walkie-Talkie communication on the Apple Watch, a recently discovered vulnerability could allow users to circumvent this and eavesdrop with no knowledge from the targeted user.

Apple has since issued a statement clarifying that it is “aware of the vulnerability” and has disabled the Walkie-Talkie function on Apple Watch while they investigate a fix. Currently Apple is “not aware of any use of the vulnerability against a customer”, so it looks like whoever discovered the exploit managed to keep everything quiet while reporting the issue to Apple directly.

A fix hasn't rolled out just yet but we should hear more in the coming days.

KitGuru Says: Apple has had a couple of security slip-ups lately but we've seen that they are much quicker to action nowadays and tend to be very proactive when it comes to issues like this. Hopefully a fix can be rolled out fairly soon. 

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It’s now legal to copy in the UK, if you’re disabled https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/its-legal-to-copy-in-the-uk-if-youre-disabled/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/its-legal-to-copy-in-the-uk-if-youre-disabled/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2014 08:15:28 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=196282 In a surprising change to copyright law in the UK, it's actually now legal for anyone with a disability to copy a CD, DVD, or MP3 file that they've purchased, as long as they have no intention of exploiting the copying for the purpose of commercial ventures. This news comes amidst a bunch of changes …

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In a surprising change to copyright law in the UK, it's actually now legal for anyone with a disability to copy a CD, DVD, or MP3 file that they've purchased, as long as they have no intention of exploiting the copying for the purpose of commercial ventures.

This news comes amidst a bunch of changes to the UK's copyright system, which also made it possible for schools, museums, libraries and archives to copy certain items and mediums in order to educate and preserve them, making it much easier to maintain important collections in the coming years and it gives them much deeper resources to work with for the purpose of teaching.

As progressive as these sorts of legislation changes are for a government that's shown a real willingness to pander to copyright lobby groups, these changes are only a preamble to it making it legal for all citizens to take part in private copyright – something that has been illegal for a long time – though that rule change hasn't quite been enacted yet. For now though, if you're disabled, you can copy all you like.

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The idea is that those with specific physical limitations, will be able to watch a movie, read a book or listen to music on a device that makes it easier for them to do so, regardless of where or how they bought the media in question.

However the Intellectual Property Office IPO has made it clear, that it's still illegal to share these backed up files, or give other people access to them. So now it's completely legal to rip your own DVD or CD collection, or backup files to an online cloud; just don't share the link.

It's expected that this move could generate several tens of millions of pounds in the tech sector, as people pay for tools or storage to facilitate their copying. The IPO is said to have heavily researched the impact this move will have on the copyright holders and found the impact to be minimal.

For a run down of all the changes being made to copyright law in the UK, have a look here.

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KitGuru Says: It seems like these changes are heading in the right direction. It could even give those sued by movie studios some measure of defence for their actions.

[Thanks TorrentFreak]

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