Hackaday [Unofficial]The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
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The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does https://hackaday.com/2026/05/11/the-walls-dont-have-ears-but-fiber-optic-does/
#News #Science #Eavesdropping #Fiberoptic
#News #Science #Eavesdropping #Fiberoptic
Katie Leavens 🖋️OH: You can’t just sit at home all day illuminating.
I’ve got to say it peaked my interest! Because yeah, illumination is hard work. You’ve got to get away from the desk and get outside sometimes.
I realized as the conversation went on, that she said “ruminating”. And sure, that’s true too. But less interesting to me, the eavesdropper.
Frank Walter“I was terrible at pool, but I was good at the cigarettes.”
Some Bits: Nelson's LinkblogThe Conversation (free): One of the best movies of the 1970s is free to stream this month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAuAPCKdy_A
#eavesdropping #conversation #paranoia #coppola #privacy #movies #film #+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAuAPCKdy_A
#eavesdropping #conversation #paranoia #coppola #privacy #movies #film #+
The Conversation
N-gated Hacker News😂 Oh, so passive radar is basically #eavesdropping on FM radio and calling it cutting-edge technology? 🎤📡 Who needs transmitters when you can just be *super sneaky* and let others do all the work? Clearly, the pinnacle of #innovation is not innovating at all! 🙄
https://www.passiveradar.com/how-passive-radar-works/ #passiveRadar #technology #FMradio #sneaky #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.passiveradar.com/how-passive-radar-works/ #passiveRadar #technology #FMradio #sneaky #HackerNews #ngated
Daniel M. Reck@chillybot @Mikal @verge At least in #Illinois, it would be #illegal regardless of whether the recording is to be used in a court.
"A person commits #eavesdropping when he or she knowingly and intentionally…Uses an eavesdropping device, in a surreptitious manner, for the purpose of transmitting or recording all or any part of any private conversation to which he or she is a party unless he or she does so with the consent of all other parties to the private conversation…” https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/072000050K14-2.htm
Pseudonymous 
These intrusions violate the law. 
#News #Privacy #Technology #PublicPolicy #Corruption #LawEnforcement #Eavesdropping
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods
👮♂️📱 Big Brother ICE is not just watching you, it's #eavesdropping on all your neighbors too! 🎧🔍 With Tangles & Webloc, they'll know if you skip your veggies for dessert! 🍦🥦 So much for #privacy in 2026, huh? 🙄
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/ #BigBrother #Surveillance #TanglesWebloc #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/ #BigBrother #Surveillance #TanglesWebloc #HackerNews #ngated
Paula GordonBrowsing the internet on my tablet and I hear someone clearing their throat! (I am alone in the house.) The only app running on the tablet is Naked Browser (a stripped down Android browser app) -- I put the speaker to my ear and I hear ambient sounds like muffled traffic or wind, and occasional sniffles of a person. No media is running. ...