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Headphone with mic- Are they safe?

  • 17-07-2013 10:44PM
    #1
    mogrady14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭mogrady14


    Are headphones with mic safe? I bought one today and my friend says that they have antenna in the earpiece - Is this True?


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  • #2
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    I think you need the Conspiracy Theory forum.


  • #3
    georgieM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭georgieM


    Tinfoil hat you will be grand


  • #4
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    mogrady14 wrote: »
    Are headphones with mic safe? I bought one today and my friend says that they have antenna in the earpiece - Is this True?

    Maybe if it's a wireless headphone, then the antenna would be a requirement (except for IR, do they still make those?)


  • #5
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    georgieM wrote: »
    Tinfoil hat you will be grand
    Better put a tinfoil hat on the mic too, just to be safe.


  • #6
    paulmclaughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭paulmclaughlin


    They have microphones in the earpieces to hear your brainwaves.


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  • #7
    mogrady14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭mogrady14


    Maybe my friend means the antenna are in the earpiece in wireless headphones.


  • #8
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Lot of stupid comments here after a very reasonable question.

    What you need OP, are a pair of tinfoil headphones. With a tinfoil mike.


  • #9
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Just scream abuse at people sounding like a 12 year old, anyone listening in will just assume you play Call of Duty.


  • #10
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    I've heard the NSA can get around the tinfoil hat, so I would be extra careful about what you say when wearing them.


  • #11
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    jester77 wrote: »
    I've heard the NSA .

    No Security Attached.

    /thread


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  • #12
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Not safe.i recommend you tell the local guards on how the fbi are listening to you


  • #13
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    OP - please vaccinate you kids. It doesn't cause autism.


    It just seems like the kind of thing I ought to tell you.


  • #14
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    jester77 wrote: »
    I've heard the NSA can get around the tinfoil hat, so I would be extra careful about what you say when wearing them.

    Only because people aren't aware that the tinfoil isn't activated unless its lined with peanut butter.

    Crunchy. Not smooth.


  • #15
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    endacl wrote: »
    Only because people aren't aware that the tinfoil isn't activated unless its lined with peanut butter.

    Crunchy. Not smooth.

    There must be a set of tinfoil antennae though for maximum deflection of gamma rays. Everyone knows that.


  • #16
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    sdeire wrote: »
    There must be a set of tinfoil antennae though for maximum deflection of gamma rays. Everyone knows that.

    Oh absolutely. Curly ones are best.

    Maybe this should be moved to another forum? Just so the people who need to know would know, y'know!


  • #17
    19543261
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭19543261


    Is purchasing tin foil in my local supermarket a safe thing to do? Wont the super market have a record of my purchase, then?

    Where can I get my hands on some back-market tin foil?


  • #18
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    endacl wrote: »
    Oh absolutely. Curly ones are best.

    Maybe this should be moved to another forum? Just so the people who need to know would know, y'know!

    I think AH gets the most penetration. Just like the OP will get from the aliens if he doesn't wear the appropriate protection.


  • #19
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    They're perfectly safe op.

    Just don't plug them in.


  • #20
    19543261
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭19543261


    endacl wrote: »
    Oh absolutely. Curly ones are best.

    Maybe this should be moved to another forum? Just so the people who need to know would know, y'know!

    Move it to every forum - everyone needs to know. The mods can bring the thread on a trip through each forum.


  • #21
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    On a serious note:

    OP, you're more likely to accidentally asphyxiate yourself (in a highly comical manner involving a revolving chair) with the cable than cause damage with the non-existent antenna. Get off www.panicattacks.com and enjoy some Battlefield or Youtube or whatever it is you bought them for.


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  • #22
    tony 2 tone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭tony 2 tone


    19543261 wrote: »
    Is purchasing tin foil in my local supermarket a safe thing to do? Wont the super market have a record of my purchase, then?

    Where can I get my hands on some back-market tin foil?

    Buy kebabs, some establishments rap them in tin foil, pay in cash, use a disguise, watch for the cameras, enjoy kebaby goodness while rapping your noggin.


  • #23
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    sdeire wrote: »
    I think AH gets the most penetration. Just like the OP will get from the aliens if he doesn't wear the appropriate protection.

    The problem with AH is the danger that people might not take it seriously. Granted, its been balanced and thoughtful thus far, but what happens when the messers spot the thread?


  • #24
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,484 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Major League Baseball are spying on you.


  • #25
    19543261
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭19543261


    tony 2 tone wrote: »
    Buy kebabs, some establishments rap them in tin foil, pay in cash, use a disguise, watch for the cameras, enjoy kebaby goodness while rapping your noggin.

    For some reason I'm not able to adequately thank your post multiple times to express my delight at your highly humours, laughing inducing post - are my mouse clicks being intercepted??


  • #26
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    if i dont have tin foil will cling film do?


  • #27
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    efb wrote: »
    if i dont have tin foil will cling film do?

    OH GOD NO DONT DO THAT!

    The gamma rays will melt it and then you'll have a plastic head.


  • #28
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    efb wrote: »
    if i dont have tin foil will cling film do?
    Theoretically yes, but practically I'm afraid not. You'd need about 38 miles of the stuff. You'd look like a small plastic planet on legs.


  • #29
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    endacl wrote: »
    Theoretically yes, but practically I'm afraid not. You'd need about 38 miles of the stuff. You'd look like a small plastic planet on legs.

    found the tin foil :D


  • #30
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    efb wrote: »
    found the tin foil :D
    Good man! And the peanut butter?


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  • #31
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    I hear if you put a status up on facebook saying that nobody is allowed to use your personal info you'll be safe. The status automatically block the signal and they delete the 5TBs they have on you.


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