(2) made something that was used in many places to good effect. One of those uses caused a great deal of consternation when it was discovered, and you can see it being discussed in (1).

Identify (1) and tell us why it caused such a hullabaloo (I’ve always wanted to use that word…).

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Answer

(1) is one model of the seal of the USA that had a passive listening device inside. The bug was activated by beaming microwaves and picking up reflected responses. The responses would have been modulated by the speech of the people in the room before reflection, and the spymasters could demodulate it to get the speech signal back.

This model was gifted by Russian school kids to the US ambassador ages ago. Look up “The Thing” for more info.

The bug itself was developed by Leon Theremin (2).

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