The Thing (listening device)

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf covert listening device
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs The Great Seal bug
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:U.S._Embassy_in_Moscow
1952
gptkbp:hiddenIn Great Seal of the United States (wooden carving)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Thing (listening device)
gptkbp:influenced development of later surveillance devices
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Léon_Theremin
gptkbp:notableFor early example of passive covert listening technology
gptkbp:powerSource externally powered by radio waves
gptkbp:presentedBy gptkb:U.S._Ambassador_to_the_Soviet_Union
1945
gptkbp:technology passive resonant cavity microphone
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leon_Theremin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7