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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">In the 2025 British series "Code of Silence", a key plot point is where the main character's hearing aids are hacked so that they become listening devices.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">Having looked into some of the issues surrounding modern Bluetooth and hearing aids, I have concluded that this hack is not only not far-fetched, but is a very real security issue.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0; line-height: 1.0;">However, I'm currently at a loss for suggestions about what to do…</p></div></div></blockquote>Apple has actually gotten its iPods certified as hearing aids, though for limited purposes - they aren’t suitable as general substitutes. They would, where appropriate, be much more likely to be secure - and they do get software updates.<div><br></div><div>Of course, the problem is much broader. The availability of “smart glasses” makes it clear that quite a bit of electronics could fit into frames without being noticed. Quite a bit of battery, too - yes, it would die eventually but if limited to audio “eventually” could allow for very effective bugging.</div><div><br></div><div>And just wait for the slowly emerging tech of “smart clothes,” powered by human movement.</div><div><div> -- Jerry</div></div></body></html>