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Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking (www.wired.com)
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Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.

Link to see devices impacted: https://whisperpair.eu/

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[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Placing a bet now: under 10% of vulnerable units will be patched within a year's time.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I like your optimism.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean 0.1% is still technically under 10%

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago

Ah. I should really figure out how to read. Whoops.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

I'll add to that- within a year's time, less than 50% of the affected devices will even have a patch available.

[–] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 17 points 1 day ago

I am certain that my AliExpress headphones will get updates in the next few weeks!

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

the rest of the 90% of the devices are probably broken since they are so cheaply made and designed to snap or have garbage batteries that can't hold a charge for more then 20 minutes .

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 day ago

I'd bet under 0.1% ...