Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Eardrums with Amber Alert

Re:Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Ear... by aphroz on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @05:57AM (#31420884)

There should be more than one case of ruptured eardrums if that affects all AirPods. It could be quite a dangerous thing to exploit for an attacker if the volume is not controlled at the hardware level.

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Re:Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Ear... by UncleEntity on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:07AM (#31421302)

Makes me wonder if the ‘find my’ feature on these is equally loud.

The other day I woke up to an alert of some AirPods stalking me and a button to press to have them play the alert to find them. So, of course, I hit the button to annoy some unsuspecting truck stop employee but I’m guessing their shift was over as the AirPods were no longer in range.

Now I absolutely have to buy one of those AirTags so I can have my laptop set off every apple device that comes into range…

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Re:Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Ear... by EricE on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:57AM (#31434719)

Yes, Apple's tracking detection is hilariously bad at doing it's intended job. Just have a family, with each member having their own Apple ID and and Air Tag. There is no way to whitelist or share Air Tags so you get a constant cacophony of meaningless alerts. It's crazy - it feels like no one at Apple has friends or family members.

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