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hotdogs on Nov 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Headphones can be hijacked to surreptitiously reco...

"Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You" Ironic coming from Wired, one of the most ad/tracker infested sites you could visit.

vortico on Nov 22, 2016 [–]

And a big difference is that you know ad trackers on Wired spy on you, while headphones... eh, unlikely in practice.

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