The privacy issues come from the app, not the headphones. Don’t use the app and you’re fine.
General privacy rules apply: any data you provide will be stored and sold. If you tell an app your height, weight, etc, the company will sell that. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
The only interesting bit here is Bluetooth tracking, meaning people can see a unique identifier by being near a Bluetooth device. This is true for all Bluetooth devices (and honestly any wireless protocol besides point to point wireless), so not unique to headphones. If your phone connects to cell towers, your headphones aren’t going to be the ones breaking your cover…
The privacy issues come from the app, not the headphones. Don’t use the app and you’re fine.
General privacy rules apply: any data you provide will be stored and sold. If you tell an app your height, weight, etc, the company will sell that. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
The only interesting bit here is Bluetooth tracking, meaning people can see a unique identifier by being near a Bluetooth device. This is true for all Bluetooth devices (and honestly any wireless protocol besides point to point wireless), so not unique to headphones. If your phone connects to cell towers, your headphones aren’t going to be the ones breaking your cover…
Bluetooth tracking is also bs. Nobody is walking around in pairing mode
I don’t know too much about Bluetooth, but my understanding is that the MAC address doesn’t change, so if that’s ever transmitted, you can be tracked.
Someone will have to log it though, so I don’t think that’s nearly as interesting as cell towers tracking you nonstop.