Apple AirPods Bug Allows Eavesdropping

The vulnerability affects not only AirPods, but also AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Fit Pro, and all models of AirPods Pro.

4 mo. ago

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Bad title. It was an issue that was patched
I feel sorry for whoever had to sit through hours and hours of Minecraft livestreams, indie Mongolian folk and endless audiobooks of classic scifi I fall asleep to
- For those of us using screen readers, this is a way bigger deal. Honestly I probably shouldn't use a bluetooth headset and a bluetooth keyboard for my banking. We focus so much on SSL/HTTPS and wifi security, but I wonder how much effort goes into wireless keyboard security? Not nearly as much, I'd bet.
  
  yeah that's an absolutely fair point, when everything is read out loud there's a lot of information transiting through the audio signal