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Default [CM] Hearing aids -- back to Headphones

On 23/04/2017 8:38 AM, RS Wood wrote:
On 2017-04-21, Dan Espen wrote:
I find unsubstantiated cynicism disturbing. It speaks to paranoia which
is a mental illness. Hearing aids are mostly not covered by any
insurance, let alone US government payments. Who knew audiologists have
pension funds? Apparently, only you.


An interesting and unfortunate segue. Turns out Bose headphones have just
been observed sending data back to headquarters that includes some
surprisingly personal data, like lists of the songs you're listening to.
You've got to install their Bose app on your smartphone for this to happen,
and you don't necessarily need the app. Still, an issue.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...teners-n748311

You can see where a bunch of audio engineers would find value in knowing
what songs were actually being listened to so they can tailor the equipment
to play that music well. Still, an issue.

Lots of nerd rage at Hacker News:
http://fortune.com/2017/04/19/bose-headphones-privacy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14148145



Anybody who buys Bose anything serves them right.

geoff