|
Ordinary Objects? Or Listening Devices?
|
By Kingston Y. amadan
[Hits: 27856]
|
|
Listening devices are among the most basic of spy andsurveillance equipment. It is the first thing that anyprofessional, amateur, or hobbyist should look into getting.There is a wide variety of listening devices. They range fromthe large-seeming constructs that are pointed at subjects up to300 yards away and still pick up sound, to tiny RF transmittersthat hide among telephone cords. But the most interestingbugging devices are those that look like ordinary, everydayobjects. They are fun to use and often lull unsuspectingsubjects into a false sense of security, encouraging them toreveal information that they do not want you to have.
Listening devices that look like everyday items are especiallyhelpful if you want to record a conversation you are having withsomeone, but don't want them to know you are recording it, or ifyou want to listen in on a conversation someone is having inanother room (one that she or he would not have with youpresent). You can leave the object behind, and the person willnot know that you are listening, or you can wear the bug on yourperson, sending the audio to a recorder that you can furtherlisten to at a later time.
Some of the more common everyday listening devices are thingslike pens and cell phones. These are items that are prevalenteverywhere. It does not look suspicious if you have a pen inyour pocket, or use it to take notes. Likewise, nobody thinkstwice about the cell phone hanging from a clip on your belt.These are objects that people expect to accompany youeverywhere. And they are also objects that nobody suspects whenyou "forget" them. People are forever misplacing pens and cellphones.
Other listening devices that masquerade as regular items includereading glasses, makeup compacts, and even larger, morestationary things like clocks and small sculptures. It is evenpossible to hide bugs in innocuous objects not likely to besuspected of containing bugs. Many of these things still performtheir normal functions, so they work as they should. They justhave the added bonus of actually being listening devices.
(c) 2005 Copyright www.spyassociates.com. This article is about:Listening Devices.
|
|
|
|
|
|
