Hidden and watching

May 21
15:11

2007

Andrew Stratton

Andrew Stratton

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Sometimes the constraints of security in a business place give rise to the use of hidden cameras, still or video, to record the activities of individuals without their knowledge. So that the subject is not aware that he’s on camera, the apparatus may either be concealed or disguised as an object of art or placed behind an object so that it could not be detected while it’s whirring.

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Concealed or spy cameras have turned into a commonly used device even for surveillance to keep up the security of a household. If they have to be kept concealed,Hidden and watching Articles so that a burglar breaking in may not see it and destroy it first, they are carved into objects of day to day use such as clock radios, plants, cell phones, or integrated with such as smoke detectors. The use of hidden cameras is as wide commercially and industrially to strengthen the security network.

Wired or wireless a hidden camera can be installed suited to one’s requirement. In their wired state, the hidden camera is often to an electrical appliance such as the television. On the other hand, a wireless hidden camera is capable of transmitting signals to a receiver within a small radius so it could be placed anywhere and doesn’t have to be connected to any appliance.

Besides fighting crime, hidden cameras are also put to efficient use in a place of work to nail down a person being disloyal to the organization. In such cases a hidden camera is discreetly planted in his area of work, cabin etc and footage taken there could incriminate in case he is caught red-handed.

Hidden cameras are not too big in size and so it is never too big a problem where to install them. They could be tucked in easily even in a pen stand, a clock on the wall, beneath the curtain rod. The important thing is to install it in such a way that from the given angle it is able to record the scenario in its entirety.

While installing hidden cameras in a place of work, pragmatism must be exercised and it should not be an objectionable or obscene intrusion of an employee’s privacy in the name of security concern.

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