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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

www.wired.com

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It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug

www.wired.com

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A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.

https://archive.ph/gIss4

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    “this post is for paid members only”

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      Thanks! I’ve updated the source to the non-paywalled article from Wired (the very same contents)

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    Is a bug until proven otherwise.

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