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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by gh5000 on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:59PM (#50340811)
Cue the resurgence of lip reading-based espionage. Imagining having to scan the room for people watching subvocalizers. Will subvocalizers start holding up a clipboard over their face a la NFL coaches?
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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by 80fj0348i on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:17PM (#50341104)
That's already been a problem ever since people figured out you can recover voice from watching the subpixel vibration of objects within a room. (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUzB0L0mSCI)

There is a reason secure activity happens within secured rooms built to a specific standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_inform...

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Re:Show HN: Subvocal – Talk to your computer without making ... by 0x4e on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:54PM (#50341726)
Thought of the same! Cue George Orwell facepalming in his grave.
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