Hack An Amp?

[Norris]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/27/fender_smart_guitar_amp_dumb_security/

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Guitar amp manufacturer Fender's recently-introduced Mustang GT 100 guitar amplifier can made to play whatever audio an attacker fancies, security researchers have discovered.

The amp allows Bluetooth connections, but without pairing security. Anyone within range could therefore "stream arbitrary audio to it and hijack your amp output"

 

[spencer.b]

Thanks for the tip off, next time I see one on a gig I'll be blasting out the birdie song mid tune

[Roger2611]

I always wondered about this with in ear monitors, could someone tune into the same frequency and share "The Birdy Song" with them midway through a song!

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said:

Bluetooth! Pah! 30 foot coily cable still wins! 

Plus you can skip with it!

[TorturedSaints]

Can the vulnerability be used to turn the guitarist down mid-gig?  If so, that's useful!

[yorks5stringer]

Does it only work with Blues? What about something Spooky?

[dannybuoy]

I have on occasion connected to my home network via VPN when away from home and played The Birdie Song on the Sonos to entertain the wife!

[dannybuoy]

15 hours ago, TorturedSaints said:

Can the vulnerability be used to turn the guitarist down mid-gig?  If so, that's useful!

Having just read the article properly, yes! Not only can you stream audio to it but you can also push presets without authentication... You could switch on an octaver and turn them into a bassist!

[bazzbass]

are people really TOO LAZY to connect a 3.5mm male to male cord between their phone and their amp?

[Dad3353]

Are people TOO LAZY to go beyond knee-jerk reactions and Luddite thinking..? Some, apparently, are TOO LAZY even to capitalise their sentences..! Just how LAZY can you get..? 
(Apologies offered for the SHOUTING, but it really is a bit rich..!  )

[mcnach]

3 hours ago, bazzbass said:

are people really TOO LAZY to connect a 3.5mm male to male cord between their phone and their amp?

 

???

how does 'lazy' come into this issue at all?

[sammybee]

If you actually read the article, they say they have fixed the issue. Making this even less of a problem if indeed it ever were

 

[TorturedSaints]

Just now, sammybee said:

If you actually read the article, they say they have fixed the issue. Making this even less of a problem if indeed it ever were

 

To be fair, the original article didn't have the update saying that a software update would fix it.  I did read it.  But you're right, it's a non-issue now apart from the enduring ironic hope of wanting to turn the guitarist down without their knowledge/assent!

[Max Normal]

Nothing new, I remember valve amps always picked up the local taxi firm in my old local venue.  Was very common for "just dropped at the Louis Armstrong" to blast out of the stage during a guitar solo....

[BreadBin]

^^ Fire engines too 

[EBS_freak]

On 2/27/2018 at 13:15, Roger2611 said:

I always wondered about this with in ear monitors, could someone tune into the same frequency and share "The Birdy Song" with them midway through a song!

Yes - although it's more entertaining to hijack mics instead.