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Harry: "Maybe she had you bugged..."
Hermione: "All those substitutes for magic Muggles use - electricity, computers, and radar, and all those things - they all go haywire around Hogwarts, there's too much magic in the air. No, Rita's using magic to eavesdrop, she must be... If I could just find out what it is…ooh, if it's illegal, I'll have her..."
— Hermione contemplates revenge on Rita Skeeter.[src]

A bugging device is a Muggle electronic device used for the purpose of eavesdropping.[1]

History[]

In 1995, Harry Potter suggested to Hermione Granger that Rita Skeeter had her "bugged" when Hermione wondered how Rita found about a conversation of hers with Viktor Krum, referring to this type of technology.[1]

Hermione dismissed Harry's suspicion, as this type of electronic device does not work at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1] It was her recall of Harry's suggestion, however, that set Hermione on a train of thought that led to her later realising that Rita was an unregistered Animagus who could transform into a beetle at will.[2]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 28 (The Madness of Mr Crouch)
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37 (The Beginning)
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