Revealed: Technical Surveillance Threats

Revealed: Technical Surveillance ThreatsSpy Cam 101 Not long ago while on assignment, I was asked “How many times do you actually find technical surveillance threats?”My answer was “Well, I would tell you but then I would have to….” Just kidding,  The real answer is more often than you would think..Although, not every technical surveillance threat involves [...]

Texas constable admits ordering bugging

chron.com DALLAS (AP) — A small-town Texas constable told the FBI he secretly bugged other officials’ offices after they were accused of illegally forcing motorists to forfeit their cash, according to a search warrant affidavit. The affidavit, based on interviews conducted by FBI agents and Texas Rangers, quotes Shelby CountyConstable Fred Walker as saying he authorized the installation [...]

DARPA-Funded Hacker’s Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Drones

forbes.com Even more embarrassing than a student discovering your GPS tracking device on his car, as the FBI found out last year, is having to ask him to give the expensive piece of equipment back. So security researcher Brendan O’Connor is trying a different approach to spy hardware: building a sensor-equipped surveillance-capable computer that’s so cheap [...]

DC convention helps governments spy on citizens

rt.comRepresentatives from governments across the globe gathered in Washington DC last month, but it wasn’t international affairs that they were there to discuss. The meeting, rather, was an annual conference where figureheads far and wide come together to discuss the latest and greatest ways to spy on their own citizens. At this year’s Intelligence Support [...]

Olive Branch Man Caught Peeping with ‘Spy Pen’

myfoxmemphis.com OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. – An Olive Branch man is accused of using a hidden camera to videotape a woman in the shower, and she’s not the only victim. Sam Allen Nuckolls of Olive Branch was a recent house guest of a woman and her husband who live in Gosnell, Arkansas. According to the woman, [...]

Man Charged With Unlawfully Video Taping Woman at Counseling Center

lakeridge.patch.com A custodian at the Healing Hearts Counseling Center in Occoquan has been arrested for allegedly video taping a woman three times with a hidden camera while she was in the shower at the center. On Oct. 25, a staff member at the center reported to police that she discovered a video camera hidden in [...]

School employee caught with secret camera

whdh.com RAYMOND, NH — An employee at a New Hampshire high school is accused of looking for trouble. Police said he used a hidden camera to violate a secretary’s privacy. The apparent victim said she caught him in the act. The 27-year-old computer technician, Daniel Malo, was arrested for allegedly shooting video of a female [...]

Illinois Wiretapping Law Reaching A Boiling Point

pixiq.com Illinois police officers have to be the most smug cops in the nation knowing they have the power to arrest citizens on felony charges for recording them in public while they themselves have every right to record citizens. That smugness is very evident in the latest case to emerge from the Land of Lincoln. [...]

Wagner students discover hidden camera; JROTC instructor accused

kens5.com A Wagner High School Junior ROTC instructor has been accused of taking inappropriate photos of students. The Junior ROTC instructor was placed on administrative leave after a recording device was found in a supply room where students sometimes change their clothing. They say one of the female students was actually recorded doing just that. [...]

Simon Cowell admits ‘The X Factor’ uses hidden cameras to expose contestants

examiner.com “The X Factor” U.S. is inevitably getting compared to “American Idol,” but Simon Cowell (who is an executive producer/judge on “The X Factor” U.S.) says that his show is doing something that “American Idol” doesn’t do: use hidden cameras to expose contestants’ true personalities. In an exclusive Q&A with ReelzChannel, Cowell was interviewed by [...]