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SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)

SPEAKE(a)R demonstrates how consumer speaker hardware can be repurposed as eavesdropping microphones through acoustic mechanics, exploiting a physical surveillance vulnerability in audio devices.

Sunday, April 19, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

SPEAKE(a)R (USENIX WOOT 2017) demonstrates how to convert speaker hardware into microphones for acoustic eavesdropping. The technique exploits speaker mechanics to capture audio with close physical proximity, revealing a physical security vulnerability in consumer audio devices.

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