Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017)

Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by RKearney on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:36AM (#20015427)

You don’t. The last pair of Bose headphones I had came with instructions to download the app which I just ignored. The headphones worked perfectly fine without the app.

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Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by paranoidrobot on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:49AM (#20015504)

You need it if you want to turn off or change the noise cancellation mode.

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Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by hckrnwsthrwwy on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:11PM (#20016427)

There is a button that cycles through high-low-no noise cancellation on mine

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Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by amlozano on Monday May 27, 2019 @12:20PM (#20023212)

When you buy a new pair these days, pressing that button causes the headphones to say "Configure the action button in the Bose Connect App"

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Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by rconti on Sunday May 26, 2019 @03:11PM (#20016800)

Not on the first gen, however, I had no use for the app and deleted it after the first time I played with it. My plan was to download the app whenever I wanted to do something, then immediately delete.

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Re:Bose headphones spy on listeners: lawsuit (2017) by tty2300 on Monday May 27, 2019 @12:47AM (#20019543)

By default the button is set to use voice controls with your phone. The app let's you make it do anc controls

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