Researchers record audio by focusing a telescope on a distant lightbulb
- From The Category5.TV Newsroom Episode 655
- June 17, 2020
In an era of digital eavesdropping where hackers employ a variety of means to take over built-in video cameras, peruse personal digital data and snoop on cellular conversations, researchers have successfully tapped into speech and music inside an apartment simply by focusing a far away telescope on a light bulb in the room.
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