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Re:Bose QC 35 Firmware 4.5.2 Noise Cancellation Investigatio... by sigstoat on Sunday April 05, 2020 @12:49PM (#22786646)
> How does the Bose app talk to the device?

what options can there possibly be? it uses bluetooth.

> Wireshark can probably be used to analyze it.

bluetooth has reasonable security built in. bose products make use of it.

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Re:Bose QC 35 Firmware 4.5.2 Noise Cancellation Investigatio... by fulafel on Sunday April 05, 2020 @01:30PM (#22786940)
There's a lot of protocols you can run over Bluetooth.

The BT dump tool can be run on the bluetooth device (eg laptop, phone) and so get access to the negotiated crypto keys oe cleartext version of the comms.

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