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Related, this spying microphone bug first used by the Soviets in the 50s that has no battery or electricity wire and can keep listening "forever", which was dis

by make3 9y ago

Related, this spying microphone bug first used by the Soviets in the 50s that has no battery or electricity wire and can keep listening "forever", which was discovered by accident in a "gift" eagle sculpture given to the US ambassador, after years of staying in that embassador's office, listening https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device

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sxates 9y ago
Incredible!
King-Aaron 9y ago
That's extremely fascinating, thanks for sharing the link!
flyGuyOnTheSly 9y ago
The Thing could not receive transmissions, though. Which makes this all the more impressive! The Thing actually needed power to operate, btw. The power was just beamed in externally.
- chris0x00 9y ago
  As far as prior art on the receiving side lets not forget about good old fashioned crystal radios https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio