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苹果窃听漏洞竟是由14岁孩子发现的
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Apple is going to pay the American teenager who discovered a security flaw in the company’s FaceTime system.
苹果公司将向在FaceTime系统中发现安全漏洞的美国孩子付钱。
security flaw
安全漏洞;安全性缺陷
Grant Thompson, a 14-year-old from Arizona, found a bug that meant he could listen in to group chats on the video-calling service.
来自亚利桑那州的14岁的格兰特汤普森发现了可以通过视频通话服务窃听群聊的漏洞。
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The bug meant an iPhone could be turned into a live microphone while using Group FaceTime, with callers able to activate(激活)another persons’ microphone remotely even before the person has accepted or rejected the call.
该漏洞意味着iPhone可以在使用多人FaceTime时变成麦克风,即使在此人接听或拒绝呼叫之前,呼叫者也能够远程激活另一个人的麦克风。
reject [(for v.)rɪ'dʒekt]
vt. 拒绝;排斥;抵制;丢弃
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It has not yet been revealed how much the teenager and his family will receive. Apple also plans to give him an additional gift towards his education, reports say.
目前还不知道这个孩子及其家人会收到多少钱。据报道,苹果公司还计划向他的教育提供额外的礼物。
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Grant Thompson and his mother said they tried to contact the company about the problem for more