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> The biggest step was eliminating the analog-to-digital converter that turns your voice into data. Instead, they took advantage of tiny vibrations that happen
by magnat 9y ago
> The biggest step was eliminating the analog-to-digital converter that turns your voice into data. Instead, they took advantage of tiny vibrations that happen in a microphone when a person is talking into it, or a speaker when someone is listening. An antenna converts that motion into radio signals in a way that uses almost no power.
Does it mean the voice is transmitted in plaintext using analog modulation of (reflected) carrier wave? Privacy concerns aside, how can it handle calls from multiple stations over same frequency range?
- gregman1 9y agoVoice is always transmitted in a "plain text" is it radio or phone except if you use some special device (it's never easy to get one) and protocol (good luck to access it for cheap).
- Synaesthesia 9y agoBut GSM is fully digital and encrypted
- locusofself 9y agopoorly encrypted
- Synaesthesia 9y agoYes but it’s not just a naked signal of the audio as this is.