Criminals, if you're listening
If You're Listening
- Published
- July 6, 2026
- Duration
- 23:00
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 22, 2026
Discusses In last Thursday's episode, we talked about one of the most sophisticated intelligence operations in…
Summary
In last Thursday's episode, we talked about one of the most sophisticated intelligence operations in recent history, when Israel planted bombs in thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah.But it wasn't the first time something like this has happened. Today, Matt and Kara trace the long history of people accidentally spying on themselves: fr…
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In last Thursday's episode, we talked about one of the most sophisticated intelligence operations in recent history, when Israel planted bombs in thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah.But it wasn't the first time something like this has happened. Today, Matt and Kara trace the long history of people accidentally spying on themselves: from the CIA's best-selling encryption machines, bought by governments around the world, to the "secure" phones that tricked organised criminals