| Lately, much is being said, in the Italian political arena, | | | | order to start transmitting as soon as it detects a |
| about how citizen can play a part to keep law, order | | | | voice, or when the car it is planted into is started or |
| and security in their cities, by legalizing private police | | | | turned off. As already explained, the GSM bug is |
| patrol services. A less extreme solution, but possibly a | | | | configured remotely through a simple SMS message |
| better one, is to keep eyes open around your home | | | | to the SIM card number. The number towards which |
| and at work. In a specific case that we will talk about, | | | | the conversations should be transmitted is set up upon |
| an individual, instead of wearing a uniform and toting a | | | | installation, and from that moment on, you can monitor |
| baton, equipped himself with a more discreet and | | | | the activity of your listening device from this number |
| effective GSM bug. | | | | only. |
| What is it? In short, GSM bugs are tiny listening | | | | Once the hidden device was installed, after a couple |
| devices, as small as a 2 Euro coin, which inside, apart | | | | of weeks of long-distance monitoring, the businessman |
| from featuring a miniaturized microphone and a | | | | found out that while his agent was actually carrying out |
| powerful transmitter, also have a housing for a SIM | | | | his job with the usual diligence and precision, he had |
| card just like the one of your common mobile phone. | | | | also started another business at the same time, a |
| Thanks to the SIM card, it is possible to team up the | | | | more profitable and dirty one: drug trafficking. Since he |
| eavesdropping function of a normal bug, with the | | | | was always travelling for his ordinary job, he was also |
| possibility of using the worldwide GSM network as a | | | | working as a drug courier for some pushers. At this |
| means to transmit the eavesdropped conversations | | | | point, his boss, who had recorded all the eavesdropped |
| and information. | | | | conversations, just handed it all over to the police, who |
| By doing this, the information can be sent to a listener | | | | recommended him to keep going with the surveillance |
| anywhere in the world, who will be able to listen in real | | | | job, in order to catch the drug suppliers as well and |
| time to the conversations taking place near the bug, | | | | frame the whole gang, which happened a few weeks |
| through a simple phone call. And just like a normal | | | | later. |
| mobile phone, the GSM listening device is capable of | | | | As you can see, any common citizen, if equipped with |
| sending and receiving SMS messages, so it can be | | | | the right technology, can give his contribution to keep |
| configured and set up remotely, enjoying comfort and | | | | law and order in our society, Without having to resort |
| privacy. In a specific case that I heard about because | | | | to extreme measures, and always acting within the |
| of my work, I happened to talk to a manager who | | | | boundaries of law, it is actually advisable that the |
| noticed how one of his sales representatives suddenly | | | | common honest taxpayer does his small job to |
| started an expensive lifestyle, well beyond what he | | | | support the police with their difficult job. |
| could afford with his usual salary. | | | | To have further information on the suitable equipment, |
| At first he was afraid that the guy could be | | | | such as GSM listening devices, hidden microphones, |
| embezzling company funds, he planted some GSM | | | | miniaturized transmitters and so on, you can visit |
| listening devices in his company car, so that while the | | | | Endoacustica, one of the leading operators in the |
| agent was travelling, he could be in touch at any time, | | | | surveillance and security field. |
| without being noticed. The bug can be configured in | | | | |