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by pmiller2 2381 days ago
I know this isn't your central point, but you should know that a speaker can be used as a microphone, and vice versa. Granted, a speaker won't be a very good microphone, but it is possible one could design an exploit that uses this capability to record audio and send the results off to who knows where.
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I doubt that anyone can listen through my old JBLs. Totally analog, back to the preamp input.
Assuming the chipset support jack restasking (most don't).
It's unlikely that a basic Bluetooth speaker would even have an ADC to switch to, not to mention speakers without Chromecast-like streaming capabilities probably only have some tiny real-time operating system.
You only need one bit of digital input and oversampling to make for a pretty good ADC.