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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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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Did anyone else get a "page not found" error when trying to see the list of affected headphones?

Edit: spelling.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Affected*

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Damn it. I knew that too. Thanks for pointing it out.