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Re:The NSA Furby Documents by pnw on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:37PM (#39109413)
Practicality has never been an issue for spies. Look at the lengths the Soviets went to for surveillance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

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Re:The NSA Furby Documents by jabyess on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:50PM (#39109602)
the craziest thing about this is:

> The Thing was designed by Soviet Russian inventor Leon Theremin,[7] best known for his invention of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument.

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Re:The NSA Furby Documents by hoseja on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:05AM (#39114837)
Huh. Makes sense actually, both are induction-at-distance audio devices.
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