He took a respirator out of his toolbox, put it on as if preparing for dangerous work, and only then looked back at me. There was panic in his eyes.

“Take your children and get out of this house right now. Immediately. Quickly…” 😲😱

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I couldn’t breathe.

“What did you find?”

He pulled out a flat block from the top of the air conditioner, covered in dust. At first I thought it was a filter. But inside I saw tiny diodes. A small lens. Soldering. An antenna.

“This is not part of the air conditioner,” he said. “It’s a camera. A good one. It records 24/7 and sends the data to a remote server.”