The Bluetooth chipset installed in popular models from major manufacturers is vulnerable. Hackers could use it to initiate calls and eavesdrop on devices.
downvoted for that website’s super illegal “pay us to not track you” policy
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I think that’s explicitly forbidden by the EU, and it’s a German domain.
I hate that. I’m looking at you Healthline. I hate that it’s always so high in the results.
Not all sites charge - yet.
This really makes me hate that we don’t have headphone jack anymore
Wired headphones stay winning
Every spy in my vicinity is going to be dancing to The Meters - Cissy Strut.
A fine choice though.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww YAH
Namana naanaa, bum darum du da… dadam da da!
Shitty Beatles & the meters… I’ll follow you anywhere
Hah, jokes on them, I managed to fuck my earbuds’ microphones so they’re useless now.
You did WHAT with them?
They don’t GO there…
I am the sweaty balls man and this happens often
So glad I use wired earbuds and refused to buy a phone that didn’t support them.
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.
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
To be fair I kept buying models that cost $20 to $30 so maybe the higher end ones would last longer. That said, my Moondrops wired headphones cost the same but are way more reliable.
Which ones? I have 1004, they got fucked in the washer
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
I want exactly this set up. I need different ones for bedtime, swimming and everyday wear
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.
Just FYI, I would imagine anker have plenty of exploits but I appreiate the recommendations.
So how do you determine if your headphones have the vulnerable chip in them?
According to the article, headphones using a Bluetooth SoC manufactured by Airoha may be vulnerable. So, need to find if your headphones use their SoC.
You will need to do some research on your headphones, I guess.
They said I was mad when they removed the headphone jack - well who’s mad now??! AHAHahahahaaaaaaahhhhcrap it’s me.
I’m still mad. Fuckers.
What is that site asking me to agree to? No thanks
US websites don’t even ask, they just do it behind your back.
… and this is why I don’t use bluetooth on anything.
I never have it enabled unless I am in the car driving and need driving directions or listening to music/podcasts. I prefer wired headphones, but manufacturers are making that difficult.
Because they can’t sell you more Bluetooth crap if they give you a choice.
Stop buying no-Jack phones.
Archive link: archive.ph/wUAQn
Yep I only use wired…
My Redmi buds 5 had a firmware update available for me in the app. It could be an older one though, their patch notes suck and don’t even say the date. v4.3.8.8
Gonna set up my tablet to play Capital over bluetooth 24/7. Enjoy the theory skinwalkers
Alright now how do I test this out
