The Bluetooth chipset installed in popular models from major manufacturers is vulnerable. Hackers could use it to initiate calls and eavesdrop on devices.

Source

  • @solrize@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    236 days ago

    So glad I use wired earbuds and refused to buy a phone that didn’t support them.

    • SharkAttak
      link
      fedilink
      106 days ago

      LOL at the big debate I read just yesterday about how better wireless headphones are, and how useless jacks on phones are nowadays…

    • @Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      136 days ago

      Same. I can’t find any Bluetooth headphones whose batteries don’t die in 4 or 5 months anyway. Meanwhile my Moondrop wired headphones have been going strong for almost 3 years.

      • @Zeoic@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        106 days ago

        My sony earbuds lasted 5 years before I decided to replace the batteries in them, which cost me $20 and 30 min. I would hope other earbuds wouldnt die in only half a year

        • @Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          46 days ago

          To be fair I kept buying models that cost $20 to $30 so maybe the higher end ones would last longer. That said, my Moondrops wired headphones cost the same but are way more reliable.

          • @Zeoic@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            1
            edit-2
            6 days ago

            Mine are the WF1000XM3

            I still have never heard noise cancellation as good as those ones. I have a couple other pairs of earbuds as well, one set for side sleeping, and one set for water. I like to listen to audiobooks in the shower and the IPX7 ones have held up great

              • @Zeoic@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                16 days ago

                Well, I can recommend the soundcore anker life A1 earbuds for swimming, and the soundcore sleep A20 for low profile earbuds that dont stick out of your ear. Went through atleast 4 sets (wired and wireless) of earbuds for each until settling on these.