📡 Your Microwave Can Spy on You? (And It’s Not a Conspiracy)

📡 Your Microwave Can Spy on You? (And It’s Not a Conspiracy)

We’ve all heard those weird “microwave conspiracy” jokes — but what if they weren’t totally wrong?

Here’s the truth: your microwave oven may not be spying on you directly… but it CAN be used to detect your movement, behavior, and even presence.

Let’s break it down 👇

🔍 What Most People Don’t Know
Microwave ovens emit 2.4GHz electromagnetic radiation — same as WiFi, Bluetooth, and cordless phones. These waves bounce off objects (including humans), allowing smart systems to use signal variation to detect motion and presence.

🎯 Microwave + WiFi = Radar
MIT and Stanford showed WiFi signals can:
– Detect presence in a room
– Track movement without a camera
– Even “see” through walls by signal delay

💡 The Government Angle
Cold War spies tested EMF signal detection to track enemies. In 2015, reports from the UK suggested WiFi-like EMF fluctuations were used in passive hotel surveillance.

⚠️ Is It Dangerous?
Microwave ovens do leak small amounts of radiation. Combine this with WiFi and, yes, someone could build a “ghost radar” of your house without any cameras.

🧠 Mind-Blowing Use Cases
– Smart baby monitors track breathing using radar
– Military drones use microwave frequencies
– Google & Amazon are building camera-free motion trackers

📵 Stay Safer
– Keep router away from microwave
– Don’t stand next to a running microwave
– Use EMF shielding for old models

🔥 Wrap-Up
Your microwave isn’t spying. But its leaked radiation + WiFi can be used to detect you.

💬 Comment: Should we drop “Part 2: Devices that spy on you without Internet”?

📢 Tomorrow: “DNA can store every movie ever made” 🧬