Post #2694731

2026-01-16 21:57 UTC

If you want to listen to their mic via bluetooth or whatever, yes. But there's also this: > Some devices also support Google's Find Hub network. This enables users to find their lost accessories using crowdsourced location reports from other Android devices. However, if an accessory has never been paired with an Android device, an attacker can add the accessory using their own Google account. This allows the attacker to track the user via the compromised accessory.

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@PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2026-01-16 22:28

>If the devices weren’t previously linked to a Google account ... then a hacker could ... also link it to their Google account. This already severely limits the pool of potential victims; but still a more practical exploit indeed. It's almost as if this BLE tracking is a feature, rather than an exploit. And if you want to be notified of a device following you around, one has to perpetually enable BLE on their smartphone. But of course, headphone jacks are a thing of the past, and wireless is clearly the future. :)

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@fishos@lemmy.world 2026-01-17 00:46

That's literally any device. Goes all the way back to things like people setting up routers and not changing the default password so anyone else can get in. That's just user error plain and simple.

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