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Eavesdropping on Phone Conversations Through Vibrations

ID: dc64948f-6270-50ed-a473-1f3639164285

STIX ID: report--dc64948f-6270-50ed-a473-1f3639164285

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2025-08-18

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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The text discusses emissions security risks and side-channel eavesdropping, explaining how mechanical vibrations and bidirectional transducers enable surveillance via laser microphones on windows and potentially RF or radar-like approaches. It outlines how wavelength and frequency relationships constrain practicality, the impact on signal-to-noise, and the possibility of using ISM-band devices, underscoring that energy gapping is more accurate than air gapping for mitigating such threats.

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