The 'sophisticated device' in spy case is a $14.90 Seeed Studio ESP32 hobby kit
wavefnx · x · 2026-10-14
Mocking an official statement about discovering a "sophisticated device", a user posted the product page of the Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense: a $14.90, 21×17.5mm dev board with built-in camera and digital mic that elementary schools buy in bulk for embedded ML projects — and apparently easy to repurpose as a tiny listening device.
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