• bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    One thing to remember is that microphones require power, so if you're gonna look for bugs check in places where they could hide a wire to power, or a large enough battery to last quite a while. They usually get put in like light sockets and appliances and stuff.

    • PigPoopBallsDotJPG [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Listening devices can be passive, getting their energy from radio-waves beamed at them. A clever invention by the soviets that was actually used. It's also the concept behind RFID.

      Most likely, these days, they will bug your phone though.

        • PigPoopBallsDotJPG [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Devices that record to some kind of medium don't seem like a practical choice, since you'd have to regularly have access to it to get out the sd-card or whatever it records to. And once you're down that rabbit hole, it might just as well be battery powered.