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PSA: Your Headphones May Be Spying on You and Selling Your Data Without You Knowing (www.headphonesty.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Bluetooth tracking is also bs. Nobody is walking around in pairing mode

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't know too much about Bluetooth, but my understanding is that the MAC address doesn't change, so if that's ever transmitted, you can be tracked.

Someone will have to log it though, so I don't think that's nearly as interesting as cell towers tracking you nonstop.