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How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn’t consider the behavior a vulnerability.

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I miss when Creative Labs meant you were buying a top notch sound card.

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev -1 points 2 months ago

It's just crazy how many Bluetooth devices have broken (or completely absent) authentication and pairing security.

It's very difficult to tell when they're encrypted, too. Your Bluetooth keyboard and mouse could be broadcasting everything keystroke and click unencrypted to anyone within 100m or so.

And that's just the accessories. There have been tons of exploits of phone and computer firmware over the years as well. Security is an afterthought at best with Bluetooth.