[feralimal]

Well, ok.

Firstly, note that it provides no evidence. It has a claim, and shows a fancy graphic. That's it. Its not evidence. Anyone can make that sort of thing up. How can one differentiate this from a story I just made up?

Digging in, it says: "LED bulbs also offer a signal-to-noise ratio that's about 6.3 times that of an incandescent bulb and 70 times a fluorescent one."

Why? Why are LEDs better for this noise reflection stuff, than incandescent or fluorescent ones? They're all in glass. The heat of the glass is stable. The LED itself surely can't help.

Why does Shazam feature in these tests, at all?!

It also says: "Researchers have known for years that a laser bounced off a target's window can allow spies to pick up the sounds inside. Another group of researchers showed in 2014 that the gyroscope of a compromised smartphone can pick up sounds even if the malware can't access its microphone."

Right. Are we meant to believe that this is what spies do? I mean, a spy just has to access whatever systems are already at his or her disposal and listen to your calls. They don't need to do any of that!

And: "Still, Nassi says the researchers are publishing their findings not to enable spies or law enforcement, but to make clear to those on both sides of surveillance what's possible. "We want to raise the awareness of this kind of attack vector," he says. "We’re not in the game of providing tools.""

So, they even say that this article is about raising awareness of this kind of attack vector. They are raising awareness. Thanks spies!

The article is a joke. At best this is a puff piece for a spy agency, or more likely just to increase paranoid awareness amongst those in tech. Be scared, danger everywhere! There are spy agencies listening to you everywhere - they're not using your phone, they use light bulbs and leaves!!

[getoffmyawn]

> I mean, a spy just has to access whatever systems are already at his or her disposal and listen to your calls. They don't need to do any of that!

perhaps domestically, but certainly not in a foreign country.

>So, they even say that this article is about raising awareness of this kind of attack vector. They are raising awareness. Thanks spies!

I'm not sure what you're are trying to say here. Does this discredit the article?