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Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking (www.wired.com)
submitted 4 days ago by dance_ninja@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.

Link to see devices impacted: https://whisperpair.eu/

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[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Laughs in the archaic technology of the 3.5mm audio jack

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All the more reason to use my IEMs... At least when I'm not flying.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why can't you use them flying?

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They don't have active noise cancelling.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

get a brain like mine that automagically tunes out background noise or just shuts down hearing entirely when overstimulated :3

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

get a brain like mine

Sure

💉🔪✂

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is that you, Abby Normal? 🧠

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago

Dank reference.

[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

If you get molded iem they work better than active noise cancelling and the music sounds better (better bass from the mold and no distortion from the noise cancelling algorithm)

[–] Jinarched@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

I think some iems aren't designed with pressure variations in mind.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pff, obviously you never heard of wiretapping...

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Could they? Definitely, but there's a really uneven balance between effort and reward. I do listen to some dank tunes though....