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by angry_octet 2872 days ago
Recent Chinese optical satellites are thought to have 10cm resolution. All these are low earth orbit. Depends on cloud cover, atmospheric turbulence and look angle.

Still impractical to get sound vibrations from that. But a drone with a laser would work for windows. Think listening in on a conversation in a car.

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It was the (seemingly seriously ) proposed 1m resolution from geostationary orbit that had me.

Still all this tech is useless without knowing where to point it when. Which usually comes down to human led intel and intelligence led tasking.

I think ... when AI starts deciding which conversation to follow or record then ... we'll I for one welcome our new robot overlords