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Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations (www.heise.de)

submitted 1 day ago by rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Good Lord! Thank you for the warning! On lowest audible phone volume it blew me away lol

What is that and why does it exist??

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

The compressor and normalize sound effect applied over and over again. From the montageparody era.

I occasionally visit it to find my bluetooth earbuds.