Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.

🎧 https://www.wired.com/story/google-fast-pair-bluetooth-audio-accessories-vulnerability-patches/

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Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.

🎧 https://www.wired.com/story/google-fast-pair-bluetooth-audio-accessories-vulnerability-patches/

#headphones #bluetooth #spying #audio #wireless #hacking #google #stalking #it #privacy #itsecurity #itsec #headphones #tracking #fastpair

The misuse of loss-prevention tags by stalkers quickly spread in Japan last year, the National Police Agency has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/japan/crime-legal/misuse-loss-prevention-tags-stalking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stalking #japanesepolice #npa

The government adopted Tuesday a draft antistalking law amendment that prohibits the act of collecting location information by abusing loss prevention tags. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/japan/crime-legal/antistalking-law-location-information/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stalking #domesticviolence #phones

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department plans to create a system to document consultations using generative artificial intelligence so police can swiftly respond to stalking cases that may escalate into serious crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/police-ai-stalking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #ai #drones #domesticviolence #stalking #disasterpreparedness

The father of a woman murdered after being stalked in 1999 says he is "shocked" by the April stalking and murder case in Kawasaki, and he called on police "to care for victims with a determination to rescue them." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-stalking-case-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stalking #kanagawa #japanesepolice #saitama

Tokyo police have rearrested a South Korean man already in custody over the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend in Setagaya Ward, on suspicion of repeatedly stalking her prior to her killing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/japan/crime-legal/suspect-rearrested-setagaya-killing-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #japanesepolice #setagayaward #tokyo #southkoreancommunity #southkorea #stalking

Kanagawa Prefectural Police said in a review report they failed to respond appropriately to a stalking-murder case in which a 20-year-old woman was found dead at her former boyfriend's home in Kawasaki in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-stalking-case-improper-handling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stalking #kawasaki #kanagawa

Police arrested a man on Saturday, alleging he murdered his former girlfriend, whose body was found at his house in the city of Kawasaki in late April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/kawasaki-murder-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #kawasaki #kanagawa #stalking