A Recording Device Wrapped in Toilet Paper, Plugged Into the Back of a TV

Prosecutors say a recording device wrapped in toilet paper was found inserted into a USB port on the back of a television in an executive conference room. It is the sort of detail that makes eavesdropping sound less like spycraft and more like hiding a spare key. The back of a television is a surface almost nobody inspects; a USB port is an opening almost nothing needs. What the account describes is concealment that had nothing to do with defeating encryption or outwitting software. It depended on being somewhere no one had any reason to look.