The Thing (listening device)
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Somehow I'm reminded of the Havana Syndrome (NPR podcast) where one explanation attempt is RF immissions from an outside sender. Or the radio tooth (yt) mystery.
One of the most brilliant eavesdropping devices ever built, and it didn't even use any electrical source to keep doing its job.
I was just talking to a coworker about this a couple of weeks ago.
Well duh, how do you think I’ve learned about it? Check the inside of that fairy unicorn painting that hangs on the wall behind your desk...
It's an insanely genius piece of tech for how it works and how simple it is. I'm impressed by it.