listening device

noun

: a small hidden microphone that is used to secretly listen to and record people

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The listening device was plugged into a USB port on the back of a television, concealed by a small piece of toilet paper, according to the FBI. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 An OpenAI engineer has been fired and hit with federal charges accusing him of planting a listening device in an executive conference room at the tech giant's San Francisco headquarters, according to prosecutors. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, Margaret Thatcher would become the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Sony debuted a listening device called the Walkman. — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The story co-written by Cole detailed how Navy SEALs in early 2019 killed several unarmed North Koreans during a mission to plant a listening device near the country's coast, citing two dozen unnamed sources. — Ernest Scheyder, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026 Last year, The New York Times reported that during that same period of high-level engagement, US Navy SEALs allegedly carried out a covert mission inside North Korea to plant a listening device ahead of the summit. — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 8 Mar. 2026 Thompson reportedly signaled for the operator, who was believed to be wearing AirPods or another personal listening device at the time, to slow down after noticing the boxes were unstrapped and appeared to be shifting and unstable. — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 12 Feb. 2026 The Studio Max 1 simply reproduces the signals being sent out by your listening device. — New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2025 Still, the stigma is enough to keep most of these people from even considering an assistive listening device, not to mention other factors like high costs and a difficult-to-navigate market. — Christopher Null, Wired News, 11 Aug. 2025

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