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  1. Already invented by our Sun Mic. friends on Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In? · · Score: 1
    Ha. Google is late. This has been done before by Sun Microsystems in 1993, for those who don't know about it, check out the original CERT alert:
    This vulnerability affects all Sun systems with microphones. This includes all versions of SunOS 4.1.x including 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.3c, and all versions of Solaris 2.x including Solaris 2.1 (SunOS 5.1) and Solaris 2.2 (SunOS 5.2). Sun is addressing this problem in Solaris 2.3.

    /dev/audio is set to a default mode of 666. There is also no indication to the user of the system that the microphone is on.

    Any user with access to the system can eavesdrop on conversations held in the vicinity of the microphone.
    ...
    Anyways, we all know Sun is way more leet than Google, right? :>
    - Good night, and good *uck.