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Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar


An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation, even at a distance in a noisy room

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