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  • wtgW Offline
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    How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched

    Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn’t consider the behavior a vulnerability.

    https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/highly-reviewed-speaker-can-be-hacked-over-the-air-to-infect-connected-devices/

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      😵

      It also raises the question: What other Bluetooth devices open users to the same attacks?

      Yeah, like my bluetooth foot pedal that I use to turn pages on my iPad while playing piano!

      😲

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      • AxtremusA Offline
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        "Cheap" devices, more likely than not, depend on stock open-source software without investing much in making them secure. So I think we can state that rather generally that any cheap gadget that connects to and exchanges data with your smartphone or computer are likely to open security holes that put your smartphone/computer at risk.

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          Daniel
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          Did you know that wifi can (and presumably does) provide a 3-D imaging of you as you move around your home?

          Scariness is abundant!

          'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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