| In Italy, a bill that is being passed in the current months | | | | recorder, in order to store the transmissions on a digital |
| allows common citizens to give their contribution to | | | | support. |
| public order and security, for example by legalizing | | | | A listening device of the latest generation can also be |
| street patrolling by private institutions. Without going | | | | equipped with a voice activation system, which would |
| that far, one can prevent street crime on his | | | | only start transmitting when the sensor detects sounds |
| workplace, thanks to modern surveillance technology, | | | | or voices, thus saving in battery life, and optimizing the |
| for example by using miniaturized listening devices. | | | | performance of the entire surveillance operation. Such |
| This happened, for example, to a factory in my region. | | | | bugs can be powered by lithium-ion batteries or |
| The director noticed that since a while, some | | | | connected directly to the mains. |
| strange-looking people were occasionally wandering | | | | There are also other listening devices, the so-called |
| within the factory compound. This was mostly | | | | GSM bugs, which are equipped with a SIM card just |
| happening during lunch breaks or on shift changes. He | | | | like the one you have on your mobile phone, which can |
| was puzzled, so he started a discreet internal inquiry, | | | | be used to transmit the eavesdropped conversations |
| and found out that these strange guys were coming | | | | at any distance, simply by automatically placing a |
| to the factory, looking for a couple of workers who | | | | phone call towards a preset number. The call receiver |
| would leave their post for a while, go out in the yard | | | | can be anywhere, and no matter how far he will still be |
| and come back after a few minutes, and the visitors | | | | in touch with the person, or place, that he has under |
| would leave. This was happening at least 2 or 3 times | | | | surveillance. |
| a day. | | | | In our specific case, the director only had to wait a |
| The town is certainly not a metropolis, so a few | | | | few days after having installed his bugs, and he |
| questions in the neighborhood allowed him to ascertain | | | | discovered that in fact, the premises of his factory |
| that these guys were small-time pushers who were | | | | were being used by a couple of workers to run a drug |
| running their dirty business in town. At this point, he was | | | | trafficking business, and the two guys were selling |
| understandably very concerned, and to make sure | | | | drugs to local pushers. The conversations |
| that his fears were true, without raising any suspicions | | | | eavesdropped were recorded on CDs, of which he |
| and avoiding any possible repercussion, he decided to | | | | made several copies that were sent to a few police |
| act on his own without informing the police at that | | | | precincts in the region, thus making sure that at least |
| stage. | | | | one of them would act, and also keeping his privacy to |
| After a brief Internet search, through some specialized | | | | avoid any possible reprisals. |
| online spy shops which are trading in spy equipment | | | | In such situations, it is advisable that an individual takes |
| and audio/video surveillance devices, he decided to | | | | action, of course within the boundaries of law, in the |
| plant a few listening devices, miniaturized microphones | | | | interest not only of his company, but also of public |
| and video bugs inside the factory and in the yard. It | | | | security and order. Naturally, he should not take the |
| was an array of small devices, concealed within | | | | place that our legislation assigns to law enforcement |
| electricity boxes, vents, or even inside small objects | | | | (also to avoid exposing himself to dangers), but he will |
| such as a table calculator or a desk lamp. | | | | just provide a valuable help and support to the |
| These environmental micro transmitters are equipped | | | | institutions, helping investigations. |
| with extra sensitive microphones and miniaturized radio | | | | For more information about different types of listening |
| transmitting devices, capable of picking up | | | | devices, hidden microphones, GSM bugs and so on, |
| conversations and sounds with extreme clarity of | | | | you can visit Endoacustica, one of the largest |
| sound, transmitting them via radio at a distance ranging | | | | operators in this highly skilled field, working for your |
| up to a few hundred meters, towards a radio receiving | | | | security and privacy since several years. |
| station which is generally connected to a digital | | | | |