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there is no security

Anonymous Sun 09 Aug 19:07:57 2020 No.11991356 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11991418

>With a telescope and some know-how, security researchers listened to Coldplay
>and The Beatles vibrating off a lightbulb from outside a building.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/heres-a-bright-idea-using-a-lightbulb-for-eavesdropping

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Anonymous Sun 09 Aug 2020 19:12:15 No.11991376 Report

Quoted By: >>11991404

Shouldn't the LED's be less probe to vibrations since they're plastic?

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Anonymous Sun 09 Aug 2020 19:18:46 No.11991404 Report

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>>11991376
Perhaps -- but there is a huge variety of plastics, and some of them seem very like glass.

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Anonymous Sun 09 Aug 2020 19:22:53 No.11991418 Report

Quoted By: >>11991488

>>11991356
So you have to actually see the light so they can record it. Couldn't you just use candles or a routing light source? Or just block the light all together?

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Anonymous Sun 09 Aug 2020 19:38:29 No.11991488 Report

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>>11991418
>just use candles
It does seem as though candles would defeat this technology.

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