hidden microphone
Secret recording device
A hidden microphone is a listening device concealed to record or transmit conversations without the knowledge of those being monitored.
Law enforcement uses hidden microphones for surveillance; spies plant them for intelligence gathering.
The term often appears in discussions of privacy violations: They found a hidden microphone in the office.
Also called a bug.
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- wiretapHidden listening device
- wire tapCovert audio surveillance
- listening deviceHidden surveillance microphone
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
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- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
hidden microphonepublic address system
Audio amplification for venues
PA system · loudspeaker · megaphone · bullhorn · intercom
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