Entries Tagged 'Video'

The Washington Post tracks the life of a Realtor for one day to show the multitude of ways we are watched in the 21st century.

The tracking of Kitty Bernard begins shortly after she wakes up. All through the 56-year-old real estate agent’s day, from walking in her building’s lobby to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records her movements and preferences.

You are watched pretty much every waking hour, even if you don’t leave the house (thanks to the Internet). It’s an elightening read.

Via Bruce Schneier.

The proliferation of cheap surveillance technology means this type of sad story is being repeated all over the place, and will only increase in the future. It’s actually amazing this pervert got caught.

Brabson was also an assistant swim coach at the school when detectives say he set up a video camera in his office and asked girls to change clothes. Carey claims both his daughters are on the tapes. They’ve since graduated.

Of course there is now a lawsuit. But the scary thing is, the law is only effective if the surveillance is detected. And even then, what’s been taken cannot truly be restored.

What do we do when bombarded with over 200 marketing messages before you arrive at work in the morning?

We tune out.

But technology is working against that problem while continuing to erode personal privacy.

Soon, malls across the country will implement new technology to serve customers and boost the bottom line. Plasma screens will analyze a customer’s features to determine age, gender, and ethnic background. Stores can then gear advertising to a customer’s personal profile.

I often hear people say, “What’s the big deal if I get more relevant offers?”

That’s true in this particular context, but what’s not being taken into account is what happens down the line when these “personal profiles” have been constructed, stored, and combined with other personal data, and impact decisions about jobs, healthcare, insurance and more.

Databases are often wrong, and they never forget.

Did you hear the one about the fire marshal who installed smoke detectors containing surveillance cameras to keep an eye on his wife’s activities after he moved out of the house?

You don’t have to be a fire fighting professional to gain access to these fake smoke detectors… they are available at any spy shop.

Kari Odermann said she believed the recording devices were hidden in smoke detectors installed throughout the house, including the bathroom. Frank Odermann denied that a camera had been placed in the bathroom, but he admitted during the course of the lawsuit that he had installed recording devices without Kari Odermann’s knowledge.

“We now know that Frank recorded from at least three cameras within the residence, one of which was located in the master bedroom,” O’Connor said in a court document filed recently.

Fire Marshal Frank has agreed to settle the lawsuit his wife brought against him for $50,000 just before it went to trial.

To combat these type of hidden surveillance cameras, use camera detection technology.

Here’s the latest low-cost way for just about anyone to surreptitiously record video of you doing just about anything. This type of technology is the reason why tiny counter-surveillance tools will be as common as the cell phone in the decades to come.

Got someone you want to keep track of via video but you don’t want them to know you’re keeping track of them? With a mini spy cam like this one, you could tuck it just about anywhere and record everyone and everything that’s going on around you. Now you can have that James Bond feeling yourself. Offered by UK site Spymaster, the camera “weighs only 10 grams and will send quality color images to any video device, up to 100 metres/300ft away.”

Fight back with camera detection technology.

Via Home Security Gadgets and Reviews.