Someone could use their iPhone to eavesdrop on your real-life conversations. A little-known feature called Live Listen makes it possible for anyone to leave their phone in a room and stream whatever you say to a pair of AirPods. You can disable this feature on your iPhone now, but thwarting others is more complicated.
Live Listen isn’t a new feature in iOS. In fact, it’s been on your iPhone since 2014, at least in some form. When it launched, it only worked in tandem with a pair of hearing aids wirelessly connected to the host iPhone. Compatibility was limited by design, but then again, Apple didn’t yet have wireless earbuds of its own to make it more accessible, so hearing aids were the target device for
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