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testeronious@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

The Government Can Spy on You Using Your Wireless Headphones

www.headphonesty.com

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The Government Can Spy on You Using Your Wireless Headphones

www.headphonesty.com

testeronious@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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And it’s all because of Bluetooth.
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    Seems the only way to prevent this is by running a firewall, but you can’t run a firewall for Bluetooth connections… Yet.

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      Using wired headphones works great

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        That one trick the NSA does not want you to know

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          There’s more than one ;)

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        Just a shame there’s nothing to plug them into

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          ? Headphone jacks

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            What headphone jacks?

            I know adapters exist, but they were talking about how no mid-high end phone has a headphone jack anymore

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              Idk, buy better phones. There was a couple Pixels that didn’t have headphone jacks before the manufacturer realized it was a horrible decision and now. Other than those shitty models, all Pixels have headphone jacks

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                The last Pixel to have a headphone jack was the 5A released in 2021. The 6, 6A, 7, 7A, and 8 do not have headphone jacks.

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                  Wut. They got rid of them, people complained, they added them back, and then they got rid of them again??

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