Talk:Laser microphone

Edit Warring
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Do it again, and we will report your behavior as edit warring.

Lasermicrophone (talk) 13:56, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Oppose merge with Microphone
I type in 'Laser Microphone' to find information on just that. It is a completely different type of technology than conventional microphones. HighInBC 15:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Unverified/unverfiable statements

 * It was designed by Ethal Hussenburn in the 1970s during the Cold War. During the making the technology was advanced by the NSA and CIA making it smaller and compact. The Shelby laser Microphone was then invented.

I found no Google links to anyone named Ethal Hussenburn that didn't originate from Wikipedia, nothing in Google Books or Google Scholar. I also would seriously want to see evidence that specifically the NSA and CIA developed compact laser microphones — my bet is that a contractor company like Hughes Aircraft or something like that did the work, the NSA and CIA are not known for their own in-house laser development. Lastly I see almost nothing referencing a "Shelby laser microphone" in Google which indicates that it should be listed as the last in a long line of developments. If someone knows better, please correct/re-insert, but cite. For now these statements can live on the talk page. --24.147.86.187 03:42, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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Countermeasures
I've read in the past that laser microphones directed at windows can be defeated by attaching speakers or vibrating motors to the glass. Some articles even suggested that net curtains were installed in embassies and government buildings during the Cold War to prevent laser mics being used for spying. I've since found a number of devices that on Amazon, eBay, that purport to prevent their use. However, I can't find any citable references as to the effectiveness of these countermeasures, and therefore cannot add this information to the article. Can anyone help? David Bailey (talk) 15:10, 23 October 2018 (UTC)