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Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking (www.wired.com)

submitted 9 months 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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[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world [S] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

They don't have active noise cancelling.

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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

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[+] TheBat@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Is that you, Abby Normal? 🧠

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[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 9 months ago

Dank reference.

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[–] bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months 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)

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