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Airpods can be used to spy

posted by martyb on Friday January 11 2019, @05:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the Pond,-James-Pond-jr-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Have you ever wanted to listen to conversations out of hearing range? Do you work in an open plan office and want to know if the tea roomers are gossiping about you. If so, Apple has your back with its AirPods and a clever hack for eavesdropping. Apple included a feature called Live Listen which can be used to extend your hearing beyond normal range. The Apple watch can [be] used similarly. It does have the drawback the your phone is used as the microphone, but that's a small price to pay for information.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by crafoo on Friday January 11 2019, @06:38PM

    by crafoo (6639) on Friday January 11 2019, @06:38PM (#785159)

    https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-Tools/Development-Kits/Nordic-Thingy-52 [nordicsemi.com]

    These things have a microphone (and a bunch of other cool sensors) with an app for your phone/tablet/laptop to easily access and display/listen to the sensors. Bluetooth Low Energy mode.

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