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Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations (www.heise.de)
submitted 20 hours 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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[โ€“] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Unchecked consumer-grade RF signals that are broadcast in every direction are insecure??

Color me shocked!

[โ€“] flux@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago

Well, if these devices required any sort of authentication (e.g. pairing) to free access to their ram and flash, we wouldn't be having this particular story..