Comment by wood_spirit
3 days ago
The Soviets planted listening devices in American embassy typewriters between October 1976 and January 1984 - by intercepting them in the mail!
Really sophisticated devices: https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/
Wow, back in the 70s the bugs were only detectable by x-ray scan. Makes you wonder what kinds of things can be hidden in the ICs of today.
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