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Securing Bluetooth Headphones (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I have been using since 2022. Today, I was sitting on the bus when some random person connected to them and started playing Free Bird.

It was a bit funny, but I don't want this to become a regular thing. Is there a way of locking the headphones to certain Bluetooth addresses? Or a way of making it not show up automatically on phones (similar to a hidden WiFi network)?

The headphones in question are the JBL Tune 510, which have a USB-C port. However, I don't know if this can be used to flash firmware.

If there's already a comment telling me to "just use wired" or something, please don't tell me again. It's the best solution, but my phone doesn't have a headphone jack (fuck you, Apple).

Thanks!

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[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think they go into discovery mode until they find a previously-paired device when you turn them on.

I'll double-check the manual.

[–] Stowaway@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

This is my experience with all BT headphones I've had. Maybe they do a quick short stint of searching for an existing device but then auto switch to pairing until a device connects.