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CIA CAN HEAR YOUR CONVERSATIONS 🤯

March 10, 2026 / 01:39

This episode discusses surveillance technology, CIA hacking capabilities, and the Vault 7 revelations. Key topics include smart TVs, car hacking, and espionage tactics.

The conversation highlights how the CIA can remotely access smart TVs, turning them into listening devices. A former CIA software engineer explains that even when a TV is off, it can still capture audio and transmit it.

Additionally, the episode covers the Vault 7 documents, which detail methods used by the CIA to manipulate perceptions of cyber attacks. The engineer describes how the CIA can leave false clues to mislead investigations.

The discussion also touches on the potential for hacking into car systems, raising concerns about safety and the ability to remotely control vehicles. The engineer warns that such technology could be used to cause fatal accidents.

Overall, the episode raises important questions about privacy, security, and the implications of advanced surveillance technologies.

TLDR

The episode reveals CIA's capabilities in hacking smart TVs and cars, raising privacy and safety concerns.

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Even though the TV is off, it can still hear everything that's being said in the room and broadcast

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back to the CIA. >> I've heard you say that they can hack car systems. There was something in 2017

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called the Vault 7 Revelations. A CIA software engineer who was disgruntled and instead of going to the Russians or

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the Chinese, he downloaded thousands, tens of thousands of pages of documents classified above top secret. They became

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what Wikileaks called the Vault 7 documents. They included things like the CIA, for example, will hack into, let's

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say, the Iranian Ministry of Interior computer system, but they'll leave little electronic clues all written in

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cerillic, the Russian alphabet, to make it look like the Russians hacked in. They can take control of your smart TV

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remotely, and they can make the speaker turn into a a microphone. So even though

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the TV is off, it can still hear everything that's being said in the room and broadcast back to the CIA.

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>> Can they do that with devices? Do they? >> Oh, they could do that. When I first got

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hired, they were able to do that. >> So they could be doing that right now

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with >> Oh, totally mind. >> Absolutely. Yes. That's old technology.

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And then the thing about the car, this was revoly. They can take control again remotely of a car's computer system in

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order to well I mean in order to to kill you. >> Crash the car. >> Crash the car. Take it off a bridge.

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Take it into a tree. Sure.

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Episode Highlights

Vault 7 Revelations
A disgruntled CIA engineer leaked thousands of classified documents, exposing hacking capabilities.
“They became what Wikileaks called the Vault 7 documents.”
@ 00m 31s
March 10, 2026
Remote Car Control
Hackers can remotely control cars, leading to deadly outcomes.
“They can take control again remotely of a car's computer system in order to kill you.”
@ 01m 21s
March 10, 2026

Episode Quotes

They can take control of your smart TV remotely.
CIA CAN HEAR YOUR CONVERSATIONS 🤯
They can take control again remotely of a car's computer system... to kill you.
CIA CAN HEAR YOUR CONVERSATIONS 🤯

Key Moments

CIA Hacking00:07
Privacy Invasion00:52
Car Hacking Dangers01:21