I think the author simply wanted to call attention to his clever shade. But calling it a microphone doesn't even make sense and shouldn't be scary (a normal "du

I think the author simply wanted to call attention to his clever shade. But calling it a microphone doesn't even make sense and shouldn't be scary (a normal "dumb" microphone can't snoop on you). Plus, my car includes a microphone and I've never heard the car called a microphone.