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Re:Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government by hcarvalhoalves on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:08PM (#24213785)
You bet!

Does anyone have the link to the story about the guy who found a Made in China power strip w/ a hidden bug inside?

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Re:Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government by rockinghigh on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:46PM (#24215326)
You can buy them: https://www.trackers-cam.com/en/gsm-spy-microphone/329-gsm-c...

The power strip calls you as soon as it detects a sound.

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Re:Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government by csilverman on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:32PM (#24214202)
Not sure if this is the story you're thinking of, but I do recall hearing a while ago about Chinese irons and kettles that came with some, er, undocumented features:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hacked-from-china-is-your-kettl...

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Re:Apple helped make 'top secret' iPod for US government by ArnoVW on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:25PM (#24216763)
I remember Christmas cards produced in China, containing secret 'help me' messages from prisoners that were used as cheap labor:

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/23/790832681/6-year-old-finds-me...

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