Securing Bluetooth Headphones

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/8117983

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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taaz, 4 months ago

This is probably becuase the headphones have a bug that can be exploited - normally this should not be possible at all.

JBL does have an app (at least for my android), so I would recommend getting that and checking for any firmware upgrades.

Other then that there isn’t probably any easy way for you to prevent it (well except for the wired-only mode as you say - through lighting to jack and female jack to usb-c cables).

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Melody, 4 months ago

You didn’t read the OP. Wired Is Not Possible

Furthermore I own a similar model, the 550BTs. The “Tune” line does not support USB Audio at the 5xx range of models

Additionally you must not chain adaptors as it will sound terrible and you will get the lowest quality output.

My 550BTs have included a 2.5mm -> 3.5mm jack cable and it has a 2.5mm Jack on it for wired audio output. An official Apple Lightning to 3.5mm jack dongle will work but the OP would rather not use cables…Therefore a Bluetooth model is probably needed.

I strongly recommend the 550BTs, and the 660NCs as well

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