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Spy lamp that can secretly listen in on conversations and LIVE TWEET everything you say
Ellie Zolfagharifard
FW: May 5, 2014
- Lamp cost under £60 ($100) to make using simple off-the-shelf equipment
- Conversnitch lamp has been active for months but its location is unknown
- It captures audio and uploads it via the nearest Wi-Fi to Twitter account
- 'We hope it helps people remember the feeling of frustration and powerlessness we had before Snowden,' Kyle McDonald told MailOnline
You might want to think twice about leaning against a lamp post the next time you have a private conversation.
That innocuous-looking light fixture could be capable of listening to what you say. Not only that, but it may also be live tweeting every single sentence.
This terrifying scenario was recently played out at an art exhibition in Manhattan when a lamp-turned-spy began covertly listening in on conversations.