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Bose Headphones Spy on Users, Lawsuit Says

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Post by mustacheemperor »

wyager wrote: post #78

Avoid Bose headphones because they're overpriced and riding off brand recognition. Avoid """"smart"""" devices made by hardware manufacturers because hardware manufacturers don't know how to write software. While I sympathize for the people who are affected by this, everyone should really avoid buying such manifestly bad products in the first place. We should really be doing our best to avoid "smart" TVs, "smart" hea…

As someone who's actually currently hunting for wireless noise-canceling cans, what's your suggestion? (other than IEMs or something I have to plug into another receiver) I'm quite satisfied with the sound of my Seinnheiser 598s but they have a cable and are open back.

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Post by RationPhantoms »

dboreham wrote: post #51
danbee wrote: post #41

As an aside, who's idea was it at Fortune to have an autoplaying video that, when paused, starts playing again the moment you scroll down the page?!?

Don't know but presumably they were awarded a bonus.

"SVP of Digital Assemblance Strategy and Social Media Marketing"

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Post by medecau »

HenryBemis wrote: post #115
theseatoms wrote: post #107

Is anyone compiling a black-list of companies that implicitly charge users by quietly (or not-so-quietly) collecting their data? This is increasingly becoming the consumer protection issue of our time. A white-list of companies that do NOT do this could also be useful, especially as alternatives to companies on the black-list.

I think that for ANYTHING that requires an app and connection to the internet, we all should take for granted that: 1) data is being collected (e.g. my precious steps/vitals/food intake on fitbit) 2) data is being transmitted to "mother ship" and then sold to everyone that is willing to buy (e.g. why on earth did iOS fitbit app wanted to connect to facebook??? and then I stopped using fitbit - of course I was using a…

If you jailbreak your device you open yourself up to other threats.

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Post by imgabe »

ecomhacker wrote: post #45
vr46 wrote: post #23

Hmm, not pleased, we have two sets of the 35 earphones and I use the app - well, I have to, else I can't change some settings on the earphones. This is totally overstepping the boundaries of what earphones/headphones should be doing. Any company that collects my data and moves it from under my purview to theirs should have to display or expose this data in the exact form that it's collected to the user, so we can see…

This reminds me of a bluetooth toothbrush I just bought that requires my location to be enabled to change the settings via the oral b app which is required since this model has less buttons than others. The reason why I bought a bluetooth toothbrush was for a wireless hardware clock, brushing timer, and ranking system which also really doesn't work correctly even with the app.

There's a version of Poe's law at work here. I legitimately can't tell if you're seriously into some sort of competitive toothbrushing or if this is satire.

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Post by alex_anglin »

6stringmerc wrote: post #92

Brand loyalty can be tough. As an outsider to Bose, but a Sennheiser fan, that feeling of finding out you were not getting a fair deal in this case is pretty bad. Bummer.

Agreed. I've been a Bose customer for over the past decade, buying a new pair of headphones every couple years. While I get that people criticize them for a number of good reasons, I don't mind paying a bit more for a premium product that I use daily. That they offered great discounts for returned/broken headphones has kept me a customer for a long time. In the next year or two I'll probably be getting a new pair of wireless headphones, as that seems to be clearly the way that things are going. Bose would have been a simple choice, but now they're not. As a customer it's frustrating to see companies whose products I enjoy using compromise my trust in them with such short sighted actions.

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Post by crazygringo »

burntwater wrote: post #114

Timely, considering I was just thinking about buying a Q35 tonight. (Oh who am I kidding, I'm probably still going to do it). I'm curious if anyone knows a way to temporarily disable/enable apps without having to uninstall them. Android used to have a "Disable" button in the App Manager, but my current 6.0.1 phone isn't showing that for any apps. Am I missing something?

I've got a Q35, I installed the app to set it up, but deleted it later, and have never been prompted again or anything, and everything works fine. So I think you can just delete it no problem.

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Post by Etheryte »

perseusprime11 wrote: post #72
castis wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't you think? Nobody that read the article or the complaint itself thinks that. https://www.scribd.com/document/345620278/Bose-Privacy-Compl... (i) collect and record the titles of the music and audio files its customers choose to play through their Bose wireless products and (ii) transmit such data along with other personal identifiers to third-parties—including a data miner—without its customers’ knowledge or co…

Got it. I thought it was routine telemetries data from other comments.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to actually read the article before commenting on it?
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