Apple AirPods Can Be Used To Eavesdrop

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Apple is constantly refining its mobile operating system, iOS, by working to quickly remove reported bugs while adding new and useful features to improve the lives of its users. The tech company has previously unrolled Live Listen — a feature aimed at assisting the hearing impaired — in an iOS 12 update, but some users have recently discovered another use for the accessibility feature.

According to a report from the New York Post, the Live Listen functionality now makes it easier for anyone to sneakily eavesdrop on conversations. This works by connecting any compatible iPhone, iPad, or iPod to a pair of AirPods and then activating the feature. The feature then allows the device being used to act as a microphone which will feed incoming sounds to the AirPods.

In order to activate Live Listen, a user will first have to add the switch to the Control Center of their

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