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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (159406)6/22/2020 1:18:55 PM
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Even Our Lightbulbs Are Spying On Us NowSo much for cybersecurity: Identity thieves can use this bright low-tech new idea



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Joe Queenan

June 18, 2020 2:56 pm ET

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Scientists at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have discovered a way to eavesdrop on entire conversations by studying the vibration patterns in a lightbulb. Honest.

In a terrifying-yet-true paper entitled “Lamphone: Real-Time Passive Sound Recovery from Light Bulb Vibrations,” researchers say that by calibrating the fluctuations in air pressure exerted on the surface of an ordinary lightbulb by sound vibrations, it is possible for identity thieves and other spies to “recover speech…passively, externally, and...
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