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

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, Funny) by Thexalon on Friday January 11 2019, @07:01PM (3 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday January 11 2019, @07:01PM (#785173)

    Do you work in an open plan office and want to know if the tea roomers are gossiping about you?

    Yes, yes they are. Probably about how paranoid you are because you think that your coworkers are all out to get you.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday January 11 2019, @09:21PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Friday January 11 2019, @09:21PM (#785231) Journal

    Even a broken microphone listens to you twice a day. No, wait....

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @08:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @08:18AM (#785430)

    Bullshit. I knew my coworkers are out to get me.

  • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:25PM

    by Nerdfest (80) on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:25PM (#785560)

    They're probably talking about the person with those Q-Tips stuck in their ears all day.