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A lot of people wear airpods around even if they're not actively using them, right? So if that's the case, you could use the microphone to eavesdrop on an in-pe

• anamexis 2y ago
  > A lot of people wear airpods around even if they're not actively using them, right? Do they?
  • stirlo 2y ago
    Yes. They’re easy to just leave in your ears and go about your day
    • cpuguy83 2y ago
      Especially with the loud noise suppression.
      • charrondev 2y ago
        For me it’s the opposite. They have a “transparency” feature that works lets through ambient noise. I often wear one set to transparency when I’m alone and have a podcast going or something. Ideal for something like a grocery store but still leaves me with full awareness. They also detect if I start speaking and automatically pause whatever is playing.
        • dagmx 2y ago
          Loud noise suppression works with transparency mode. You might be thinking of the similarly named noise cancellation mode which works opposite to transparency. Loud noise suppression does a temporary switchover when a loud noise happens to try and protect your hearing.
  • cozzyd 2y ago
    Yes they do, and they look as ridiculous as you think
    • KawaiiCyborg 2y ago
      How would you as an observer tell if somebody is using their AirPods to listen to music or whether they're just in their ears for noise cancellation and thus "look ridiculous"?
      • sambazi 2y ago
        that's the point: i can't tell and that is uneasing
        • KawaiiCyborg 2y ago
          I don't understand why yet. Why is it important to you to know whether someone is listening to music or not? Why do you need to be able to tell at all?
          • recursive 2y ago
            It indicates whether you would be interrupting if you tried to talk to them.
            • sambazi 2y ago
              ...or be heard it's just fucking with social interaction; maybe that's the point
            • philsnow 2y ago
              Interrupting what, music? I sometimes wear headphones without listening to music because I don't want my train of thought to be interrupted.
              • cozzyd 2y ago
  • crazygringo 2y ago
    Depends on what is meant by "not actively using them". I use mine in noise-cancelling mode all the time, without music/podcasts/anything. But the noise-cancelling is definitely active. Always when I'm in the subway, along busy streets full of honking and emergency vehicles, and so forth. Makes urban life much more tolerable.
• Brajeshwar 2y ago
  This is a weird behavior and it seems people, these days, consider this normal! I usually stop talking if someone wears a headphone and give them the opportunity to finish listening to whatever they are listening to. How do one talk to someone whose ears are blocked by plugged-in headphones (even if they are passive, which I won't know). I believe it is a courtesy to remove one's headphone when talking to another person.
  • SoftTalker 2y ago
    Same. If I see someone has earphone/airpods in I don't speak to them. I'll indicate with gestures "take your earphones out" if they are trying to talk to me.
    • kortilla 2y ago
      Why would you do that if they are actively talking to you? You know some people use them to hear better, right?
      • sambazi 2y ago
        some do, most don't. wearing headphones gives way to the assumption that the person is listening to something other than their surroundings; their talking is probably directed at someone on the phone. hearing aids can be used as headphones as well, but generally aren't.
        • kortilla 2y ago
          So if someone is talking to you, you make them remove their listening device just in case they are listening to someone else? You’re being an asshole and you need to stop this behavior. Wait until it’s clear someone can’t hear you before making this gesture.
          • sambazi 2y ago
            > So if someone is talking to you, you make them remove their listening device just in case they are listening to someone else? i don't "make them" but i don't feel accepted or heard until they do and this will limit my interactions with them (for better or worse). > You’re being an asshole and you need to stop this behavior. Wait until it’s clear someone can’t hear you before making this gesture. seems like you got some things backwards and this is one of them.