#eavesdropping

Author: Matthew Haag / Source: New York Times Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A major bug in Apple’s FaceTime app surfaced on Monday that allows anyone with an iPhone or iPad to eavesdrop on other users without their knowledge. Apple said Monday evening that it was aware of the

Source: RT International Get short URL A German Amazon customer was able to access hours of audio files from a stranger’s Alexa device that included recordings of him in the shower thanks to a “mistake” by one of Amazon’s human employees. Amazon sent the customer a link that included 1,700

Author: Eve Kahn / Source: Atlas Obscura In the mid 19th century, slaves throughout the American South pulled at ropes and chains nonstop during summer mealtimes, to make plantation dining rooms bearable in beastly humid heat. The slaves would swing wooden panels or fringed fabric rectangles that

The idea for “#ThingsThatiHear” arrived when I was visiting a cookware store in Los Angeles. A young woman was looking at her phone and gave a big sigh, turned to her friend decisively and exclaimed, “He wants to go to Bali. But I say Fiji!” I couldn’t help but laugh. The absurdity of this “first

Apparently there is a whole segment of Twitter that devotes itself to posting nothing but things people have overheard while eavesdropping. There are literally numerous Twitter accounts dedicated to that one little thing. And they are all, without fail, hilarious. You’ve got Twitter accounts