• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    7 days ago

    Entities with the money for a long range mic have always been able to listen into things from afar.

  • BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    On a somewhat different note I remember reading back in the day that dot matrix printers output could be deciphered by just the vibrations.

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    Am I misunderstanding something? So, making a custom vibration on the outside of the head set wouldn’t interfere with the spy device at the right frequency?

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      It’s an external EM signal, not a vibration. They’re interfering with the signal in a way that lets them separate the signal irself from ambient RF noise.