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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 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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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (14 children)

You can hardly find wired headphones now. When you do they are junk. I want a sturdy headphone where they did not save every penny making the wire near microscopic, cheap joints, etc.

Paying more does not mean it is quality either.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Recording musicians use them for monitoring. Bluetooth has too much latency when you are trying to keep your groove in the pocket.

    I'm finding lots of great 10-15 yo used recording gear/tech that was originally $200+, going for cheap, like less than $50, because it doesn't have Bluetooth, which you don't want with recording gear anyway.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Go to where the audiophiles are. There are plenty of headphones and IEMs (earbuds) under $50 (and even $25) that sound fantastic and sound better than $200 dollar options out there. My favs that I actually tried are the MOONDROP Chu 2 $23, Koss KSC75 $20, and the Sennheiser HD 600 (which I got on eBay for like $250). Check out the audiophile subreddit, there are plenty of people who have made ranking lists.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Yeah if youre buying headphones on Amazon or Walmart, you'll get shit.

    I refuse to shop at either of those places for anything really. Wish others would be brave enough to do so as well and stop giving billionaires money for no reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    What's your budget? over ears or earbuds? if over ears open back or sealed?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Idk, 20, 40, more if needed if it will hold up to use at work. I usually get the sports ones that have the ear loop so you don't have to constantly put earbuds back in the ear.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Ah yes its hard to build quality headphones for that little.

    in that price range I'd buy some chifi IEMs like the zero:2 or chu II

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    How much for quality headphones then? Especially like earbuds with the sports clip that loops on the ear so they don't fall out, to be able to use for work and running and such? If it lasts I will pay more. The more expensive stuff I've bought has broken as soon as the cheaper stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    It'll be around $15-30 for some decent sounding KZ or CCA IEMs depending on the sound you want. Big fan of CCA CRA+ personally, but I use 7hz Zero 2s now and they're a bit more ($40?)

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    The Sony XM3 and other headphones in the series are a great option since you don't have to choose, they have a headphone jack so you can go wired if you want.

    Same thing with Shure Aonic 50s.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    By wired do you mean exclusively RCA or do you count usb as well? Both pair of my Sennheisers work via USB if you plug it in.

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