Listening bug: power-strip with hidden GSM phone-hardware

Cory Doctorow 12:40 am Thu Mar 30, 2006

This power-strip is actually a listening device that can be monitored from anywhere in the world. It contains a concealed GSM cell-phone and a mic; insert the SIM card from a mobile phone, plug the strip in somewhere with mobile coverage, and call the phone number for the SIM — it will transmit the conversation over the phone-link. It's 950 Euros though: surely it's not all that hard to build one of these out of the guts of an old phone and a power-strip…

To monitor, simply dial the number of the SIM card inserted in GSM transmitter from your phone and you are immediately and clearly listening to all of the audio activity in the area of our professional concealed GSM monitor AGS-01.

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(via Red Ferret)

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