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/

  • FreeLikeGNU@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Those protocols and services still exist among improved means that are also decentralized. One only has to seek them out.

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      12 hours ago

      Not really. That’s like saying that a bunch of non-standardized tracks all over some country is a railway system.