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Simplified: It's a crystal ball that allows you to see through space. However, the target can also see you.
Think of it like one of those ~~crying~~ scrying (ducking autocorrect) balls from the Disney movies. Or a two-way-camera setup.
Can't wait for some terminally online dork with a python script to figure out that the god password for Palantir is "StudMuffin1234" and dump everything online, thus making the two-way aspect a reality...
EDIT: Just for the record, it's been over 30 years since I read the books. I may remember it incorrectly.
Hopefully you mean scrying, a crystal ball that cries sounds dreadful.
Hah! Terry Pratchett could have run with that.
Granny Weatherwax: "What's wrong with your ball thingie? Looks leaky."
Magrat: "Oh! I got it from Boffo Novelty and Joke Shop (No. 4, Tenth Egg Street, Ankh-Morpork). It's supposed to be a top-of-the-line scrying ball!"
Weatherwax: "You got swindled you wet hen. That's a crying ball if I ever sees one."
Nanny Oog: "Now Granny, give young Magrat a break. Here honey, have a shot of this. Always puts me right on top of the world! And sometimes on the bottom, which is just as well."
Weatherwax: "I can't be havin' with you two. Goats need fed." (jump starts her crappy broom)
This made me so happy to read.