Security Devices > Spy Gear

• Employers want to know what their employees are doing (good and bad).
• Sales people want to capture meeting audio and video for review and analysis.
• Parents want to discreetly monitor their teens.

Thus, we have spy gadgets and surveillance devices for both professional and amateur snoopers. And not necessarily to "spy on people." These devices include concealed DVRs, wearable cameras, covert cameras, bug detectors, covert voice recorders, and surveillance gear. And, of course, if you are a spy we have some items to help you spy very well.

• Hidden spy device detectors. We sell detectors that find hidden cameras and microphones.
• Hidden cameras and/or DVRs. Digitial video recorders now look like ordinary objects and can record audio and color video.
• Audio amplifiers. Hear distant conversations as if they were right next to you.
• Trackers. See where a vehicle goes or has gone.
• Detection sticks. Hunt down specific types of contenton PCs or mobile devices.

• The classic attribute of any type of hidden surveillance device is its covert design.
• Many hidden cameras and DVRs record color video and audio.
• Technology advances mean today's recording gizmos have high storage capacity. They also have excellent audio and video quality.
• Often, you can wear DVRs, cameras, and microphones. But one might be embedded in a pen or other common object such as a beverage can.
• Good spy gadets are light and portable.

• Ensuring the security of your office, home, and vehicles.
• Knowing what's going on with your kids, without having visible intrusion and confrontation.
• Discovering disloyalty of employees, spouse, vendors, and others.
• Monitoring your computer systems for files that could be incriminating or simply embarrassing (whether you put them there or not).
• Gathering information to destroy, discredit, or neutralize another person.
• Detecting information gathering activities aimed at you.
• Detecting illegal surveillance.
• Spy, spy, and counterspy. Yes, it is about like that in many instances. It can be "outspy the spy or die," especially if the stakes are high.
• Other uses, but if we tell you we'll have to kill you.

2012-02-19 issue:

A gun is just a tool. If you don't practice, you can become almost useless with it. The Secret Service requires its employees to practice every day. Every day. You probably don't have the time or desire to go to your local shooting range every day.

Something...from the unarmed martial arts also applies to the armed martial arts. Visualize. Create a sort of shooting range in your home, complete with target. Empty whichever pistol or other weapon you're practicing with, and do dry run "shooting." This isn't the same, of course, as actually shooting. But it does program your mind for shooting. If you haven't done visualization before, you will be amazed at what an effective tool it is.

2011-11-20 Issue:

Install a lock on your mailbox. Better yet, don't receive mail at your home address.

2011-06-19 Issue:

Anybody who has bought or sold a house knows what a home lockbox is. Realtors hang these on the door, and can access the home by entering a combination or turning a key that goes to their lockboxes. I believe these now come in a version that operates by RFID.

These boxes can also make a home more secure, even if it's not being sold.

And suppose there's a gas leak, fire, or medical emergency. How do first responders gain access to the home?

The solution is a program fire departments have. Contact your local fire department and inquire about their lockbox program. The box is about 2.5 W x 4 L inches, and mounts over the front door. In addition to a house key, the box can hold medical information about the occupants, emergency notification numbers, and pet information.

This box opens with a combination. The combination is in the 911 information system, so the dispatcher just does a data search on the address and provides the combination to the first responders while they are en route.