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

submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

phones are already very full and dense, and a headphone jack is a very large component. plus, the Bluetooth is simply part of the small SoC, it's a microscopic size. That doesn't mean I prefer Bluetooth, but it makes some sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

You sure?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-diy-hero-added-a-working-headphone-jack-to-an-iphone-7-plus/

I don't buy that excuse in the slightest. Especially when Sony phones still have headphone jacks on their flagship phones too.