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The firm has pointed out that in order for the flaw to be exploited the speech recognition feature would need to be activated and configured and both microphone and speakers would have to be switched on.

And what kind of crazy people have their microphone and speakers on at the same time? :ninja:
 
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And what kind of crazy people have their microphone and speakers on at the same time? :ninja:

Hey, maybe it's possible to connect and turn the gain up so high that the computer feeds back and blows up it's own speakers. :closed: Not that i wan't to give hackers any ideas. :bomb: Long live Vista. :eek: not.
 

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