Lovely thread on X from some Indian hackers using a microwave as a Faraday cage & spoofing Californian Wi-Fi networks in order to unlock AirPod hearing-aid functionality for Grandma…

…which apart from anything else underscores, in a heartwarming way, the “speedbump” nature of geoblocking in software regulation & controls upon speech:

“Apple released a hearing aids feature for the AirPods Pro a while ago. I bought a pair for grandma, but then realized that the feature was geoblocked in India…”

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