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You could fit an entire array of mics, sensors and radios inside the fan that are powered by the USB port. No need to connect to the laptop to record and broadc

• therein 8y ago
  To me, it looked like the plastic molding was oversized for the circuitry inside, which makes me think there may be variants of these fans. This was the `NOP` variant while perhaps others have `malware drop`, `GPS beacon`, `audio capture` or some other capabilities added inside the same chassis with maximum ease. Of course all of this is entirely speculative. Maybe this design was cheaper to produce or simply shown to be sturdier compared to a smaller alternative. It could even be that they had an earlier circuitry design that was slightly larger and then they realized it could be simplified but at that point that had ordered the chassis.
• unixhero 8y ago
  Not really. There was a microphone inside a gift that was in the oval office given by the Soviets, which broadcasted info for many years. They called it "the thing".
  • sitkack 8y ago
    And the microphone was just the diaphragm that a microwave beam was bounced off of. The device itself was entirely passive.