[liberationtech] Even our lightbulbs are spying on us now

[Yosem Companys]

Here is the paper as the WSJ article seems to be paywalled
now: https://ad447342-c927-414a-bbae-d287bde39ced.filesusr.com/ugd/a53494_443addc922e048d89a664c2423bf43fd.pdf.
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 2:43 PM, Andrew Beals andrew.beals at gmail.com  wrote:


On Jun 22, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Richard Brooks <rrb at g.clemson.edu> wrote:
On 6/22/20 10:25 AM, Yosem Companys wrote:
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.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/even-our-lightbulbs-are-spying-on-us-now-11592506602


Seems neither terribly new, nor novel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_microphone

https://www.detective-store.com/laser-listening-device-spectra-laser-microphone-m-458.html
The basic idea was invented by Theremin and was deployed operationally shortly
after WWII.
https://hackaday.com/2015/12/08/theremins-bug/
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