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Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations (www.heise.de)
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The Bluetooth chipset installed in popular models from major manufacturers is vulnerable. Hackers could use it to initiate calls and eavesdrop on devices.

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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (12 children)

So glad I use wired earbuds and refused to buy a phone that didn't support them.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    LOL at the big debate I read just yesterday about how better wireless headphones are, and how useless jacks on phones are nowadays...

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Same. I can't find any Bluetooth headphones whose batteries don't die in 4 or 5 months anyway. Meanwhile my Moondrop wired headphones have been going strong for almost 3 years.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    My sony earbuds lasted 5 years before I decided to replace the batteries in them, which cost me $20 and 30 min. I would hope other earbuds wouldnt die in only half a year

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Which ones? I have 1004, they got fucked in the washer

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Mine are the WF1000XM3

    I still have never heard noise cancellation as good as those ones. I have a couple other pairs of earbuds as well, one set for side sleeping, and one set for water. I like to listen to audiobooks in the shower and the IPX7 ones have held up great

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I want exactly this set up. I need different ones for bedtime, swimming and everyday wear

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, I can recommend the soundcore anker life A1 earbuds for swimming, and the soundcore sleep A20 for low profile earbuds that dont stick out of your ear. Went through atleast 4 sets (wired and wireless) of earbuds for each until settling on these.

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