Spy Gadgets

Protecting your personal privacy from the perverts of the world is more of a worry today than it has been in past years. This may be due to the ever increasing volume of options as well as the availability of hidden cameras. Hidden cameras that come disguised as every day items are the best known but hidden cameras can also come in the form of tiny pinhole cameras.

When you first go to move into your newly rented apartment, room or home, you need to do a complete and thorough walk through while paying close attention to all of the little things. This is especially true if the place comes fully or even partially furnished.

When you do your initial inspection you need to check the following very carefully:

Check the bathroom very carefully while paying close attention to the shower and toilet areas. All the corners of each room, be sure to check the ceiling for small holes and this goes especially for the walls to any adjoining apartments. All of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Any wall decorations, paintings or mirrors you don’t install yourself. Air conditioning and heating air vents.

What you should be looking for, are wires that appear out of place and seem to go no where,  and small holes that make no sense. If you turn out all of the lights and get it as dark as you can in your place you can look for small lights in odd places.

Most modern cameras come with some type of power on light that can be much more easily seen in the pitch dark. As I mentioned before you need to pay very close attention as you do your initial inspection.

The bad thing about apartments and rented homes is that the landlord can come in under false pretenses and then install cameras at any time after you move in. So you may also want to consider buying yourself a portable bug detector.

Bug detectors can allow you to sweep an area in search of various wired and/or wireless cameras and even microphones. The best thing of all is that you can occasionally re-sweep your living area to be sure nothing gets slipped in after your initial inspection.

Another bonus to getting yourself a bug detector is that it can be used to ensure your privacy in dressing rooms and public bathrooms as well.

We have all seen the news stories of perverts placing cameras in public places and you don’t want to be victimized. A little prevention can save you a lot of  heartache and misery down the road.



Jennifer

Crime is on the rise with the ailing economy. But thankfully, new technologies have led to decreases in home security prices. With today’s digital technology and the Internet, installing a camera and monitoring it from anywhere in the world can be done in minutes. So if you ever wanted to spy on your wife, husband, son, daughter, or baby-sitter, here is a simple method to installing spy cameras.

 

Step 1 Decide what you’re interested in spying on. Where and who you will be spying on will determine what type of camera you will buy and how you go about setting it up. Some places that you might want to consider are the baby’s room, the living room or your spouse’s or girlfriend/boyfriend’s car.

 

Step 2 Choose the camera. There are a variety of cameras available today that are disguised as everyday objects such as pens, wall clocks, air purifiers, and books, among other things. These are self-contained and have built in SD memory cards which will record the activities. You just take the card and plug it into your computer to play them back. Then there are also Wi-Fi cams that need to be plugged into a VCR or a laptop.

 

Step 3 Install the cameras. The complexity of installing a camera will depend on the camera itself. Most of the smaller units that are disguised as every day things run on batteries and all they require is to be positioned in the proper place and switched on. The wall mounted security cams require a bit more work. Simply attach them to a wall using the mounting screws and then plug them into a power source. Most of these are weather resistant so you can get them wet and install them outside.

 

Step 4 Connect your TV or computer to the wireless camera. If your camera is wireless then all you need to do is connect the wireless video receiver to a power supply then run the cable that comes with it to your television or VCR. The cables will be color coded yellow and red and you simply plug the right corresponding color into the correct hole. You can also plug the receiver into the USB port in your laptop and use it as a digital video recording device.

 

Step 5 Monitor your cameras on the Internet. Some of the wireless cameras that can be hooked up to a computer using a wireless receiver can also be connected to the Internet by using HomeCamera.com Simply sign up for a free account download the software and install it on your computer. Once installed you will need to keep your computer that is attached to the video receiver on and connected to the Internet. You’ll be able to access your cameras from any laptop, PDA, or web enbabled mobile phone.

 

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Internet reference: http://www.ehow.com/how_5260661_install-spy-camera.html

Editor: Jodie



Chris