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

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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] 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

instead of

Yeah but it was never a matter of "insTeAD Of," it's in addition to, meaning you get to use the same favourite set of headpdones you use with literally every other device while keeping the practically universal port free for other purposes at the same time!!!! 🤯🤯🤯
Now isn't that wizard?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You can still do that with an adapter though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Now here's the amazing bit: imagine being able to do that without needing to carry an additional thing around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I'm used to it. Besides, imagine not using a cable at all--even better?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

I can insert a cable faster into my phone than most Bluetooth headphones connect. Audio quality also tends to be better with wired headphones and uses less of the battery power. A lot of the times a dedicated single use port is much better than a jack of all trades port.