The article as a whole is quite sensationalist. Once people have access to your underlying device - what exactly do you think is going to happen? "Oh but if y

The article as a whole is quite sensationalist. Once people have access to your underlying device - what exactly do you think is going to happen? "Oh but if you disconnected your microphone then think again". How many bloody people do that? A few dozen in the world? What a piece of shit. Now the technical underpinning that jacks can be reassigned isn't new for Realtek, lots of PC motherboards have given the option for years and years. This is all not really news.