Arinze ChianumbaCall me old school, but I've never liked wireless earpieces. Not because I'm averse to progress, but because of the tiny latency in wireless communication and because it's too easy to lose wireless earphones.
Image source: Buds FE exploded while in her ear.
Just when I was starting to get comfortable with them, a Samsung earbud reportedly exploded the other day, causing its user permanent hearing loss. So now, I no longer dislike wireless earphones; I'm SCARED of them.
Wireless earphones are powered by lithium batteries, you know?
Anyone who's tinkered with lithium-ion/polymer batteries knows they're basically explosives waiting for the right condition(s) to explode. So, to paraphrase Rossmann, why are you so comfortable about voluntarily wearing explosives just a few inches from your brain?.
I might be exaggerating, but if you take the fact that people are voluntarily wearing explosive material just inches from their brains and multiply it by supply chain attacks, like the one that hit Lebanon the other day, you just might have the perfect recipe for murder by earpiece staring you in the face!
I know, I know... murder by earpiece sounds far-fetched. What isn't far-fetched is the Find device feature that uses a high-decibel tone to alert users to the location of their wireless earphones when they're nearby.
While convenient, manufacturers clearly state that this sound-based "find device" solution can cause hearing damage if used while the earbuds are in one’s ears.
What happens if a threat actor connects to your earbuds before you and decides to help you find your earbuds when said earbuds are already plugged into your ears?
