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Senji
on Nov 22, 2016
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Headphones can be hijacked to surreptitiously reco...
It's a selling point. You plug anything at the back then change the jack's purpose in the control panel gui for the audio card.
mojuba
on Nov 22, 2016
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Possibly, but why isn't the feature exposed to end users then?
infogulch
on Nov 22, 2016
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It is. I've seen it on multiple computers.
lima
on Nov 22, 2016
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Yep. I remember that feature from the Windows NT days.
anigbrowl
on Nov 22, 2016
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As a sound engineer, I can assure you that this feature has been around for ages.
mojuba
on Nov 22, 2016
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Well then what the article describes is not even a "hack"...
benmcnelly
on Nov 22, 2016
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welcome to wired.com
mlonkibjuyhv
on Nov 22, 2016
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Wait, I thought that was the median hackaday comment?
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