SpyGearCo: Spy and Surveillance

The head of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department is warning that nearly 4,000 jail inmates are slated to be released early and about 600 deputy and professional positions could be eliminated to meet budget cuts.

Owing to the economic crisis, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department faces a $71 million cut to its $2.5 billion budget in the coming fiscal year.

So what do you think these criminals are going to be doing in a bad economy? Do you think there are going to all go out and rob banks or houses? No, many will be smart enough to go online and become child predators and commit their crimes that way.

Child predators dig deep into the psyche of a child. They watch their every move and observe their feelings. Child predators know that fact as well as parents. Child predators prowl the Web looking for their next victims. They may pose as another child or teen on sites such as FaceBook or MySpace.

Pedophiles have a compulsion and obsession about children and will do whatever they can to be near them, waiting for an opportunity to get them alone. Pedophiles leave the damage behind for the rest of the victim’s life, and for their families to pick the pieces up. For us as concerned Americans, WE must stand united to stop this pattern of destruction.

Sexual predators of all kind are now tracked using satellites, and are not allowed to live in certain areas (other felons are allowed to live in these areas). Florida and Texas have plans for creating separate hurricane shelters for sexual predators. Sex offenders who have completed the terms of their sentences, including parole, but who have failed to register are subject to arrest.

Sexual predation on minors by adults, both online and offline, remains a concern. Sexual predation in all its forms, including when it involves statutory rape, is an abhorrent crime, although 90,000 sex offenders have been removed from MySpace.

Everyone is a pervert, they just haven’t been caught yet! Everyone, especially parents and children, should be aware of what is becoming a large problem in America, and take steps to prevent falling victim to a child predator. Through this article we will become aware of how easily child predators are able to access the Internet, get a relative profile of Internet child predators and their support system, understand how easily accessible children are to predators, and highlight preventative steps for parents and children that will reduce the risk of becoming an Internet predator’s victim.

The risks are not only confined to Facebook and MySpace but also with XBox Live, where kids compete against players they may not know.

Parents may also wish to consider purchasing and using monitoring software like PC Pandora.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm and is filed under Home Security, Surveillance News. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comment will appear immediately, but I reserve the right to delete innapropriate comments.

Hidden cameras are the number one method of catching and identifying an intruder or thief. Hidden cameras may be purchased in all price ranges and run form the simple to exotic. Hidden cameras are in use all over the world today with security needs what they are. With hidden cameras you can protect yourself, your family and your business. Hidden cameras are perfect for covert surveillance , private investigations, press reporting and law enforcement. A security system is never complete without a hidden camera.

Hidden cameras are your solution to finding out all the information you need. Are you a working parent with children who have to stay at home with a nanny during the day? Hidden cameras are so small, they are virtually invisible to the naked eye. You will truly be able to keep an eye on your home and loved ones now! Hidden cameras are in smoke detectors, which always have a light on. Also on clocks, and others items.

Spy cameras can provide the view you need to know that everything is going as it should. Spy on your target subject effectively without being noticed.

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This entry was posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pm and is filed under Hidden Cameras. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comment will appear immediately, but I reserve the right to delete innapropriate comments.

Liam Neeson stars in the action thriller TAKEN set for release on January 30, 2009. A fast -paced thriller set in Paris where a former CIA operative (calls himself a “Preventer”) goes looking for his kidnapped daughter. Liam Neeson stars in this action-packed international thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost.

Bryan (Liam Neeson) manages to follow the car his daughter is being taken in to see her being taken away on a yacht. He jumps on to the ship from a bridge and eliminates all the people inside, finally killing the client and freeing his daughter. Bryan’s worst fears are realized when Kim and her friend Amanda are suddenly abducted  in broad daylight from the Paris apartment at which they’ve just arrived. Moments before Kim is dragged away by the as yet unseen and unknown assailants, she manages to phone Bryan, who begins to expertly piece together clues that will take him to the darkness of Paris’s underworld, and to the City of Light’s plushest mansions. Bryan is determined to rethink his life and priorities until Kimmie rejects his advice and heads to Paris for a vacation with her blond best friend. Here Pierre Morel’s movie breaks up into an action-horror-thriller mash.

Bryan’s skill and quick-thinking are demonstrated when he agrees to escort pop diva Sheerah (Holly Valance); the diva is attacked, but Bryan efficiently disables a knife-wielding assailant and gets her safely out of danger. Thankful, Sheerah expresses some interest in Bryan’s daughter and furnishes him with contacts to get Kim’s career started. Bryan immediately springs into action, using his well-honed CIA skills to piece together clues from a single, frantic phone call he received from Kim. He hops a plane to Paris, determined to rescue his daughter before she falls off the grid completely.

Bryan is a rugged, take-no-prisoners dude who suffers from serious parent guilt. His long absences during his spying days cost him his marriage to Lenore (Famke Janssen) and his relationship with his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), who just turned 17. Bryan’s government work kept him away from Kim for much of her childhood, and he’s now trying to make up for lost time. When Kim announces that she’s taking a trip to Paris with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy), Bryan is apprehensive about her traveling on her own. Bryan, who was already wary of her going to Paris, receives a phone call from his daughter as she is being kidnapped. From this point on it’s badass Liam Neeson all the way.

GO AND TAKE YOUR CHILREN TO SEE THIS MOVIE! The really sad part is that kidnapping worldwide is real! Worldwide International Kidnapping exits.

Kidnapping, detention and extortion are now some of the fastest growing crimes in the developing world, with around 15,000 reported incidents worldwide each year. Since 1990, NYA International (NYA) has provided governments, international corporations and private individuals around the world with abduction, kidnap for ransom and extortion (K&R/E) prevention, training and response services.

Kidnap/Ransom for the personal assets of wealthy executives and to extort large sums of money from banking institutions and leading business corporations have been ways for terrorists to obtain large sums of money for their terrorist activities. There is no doubt that these activities affect the life style of the business executive and influence the corporation’s investment decisions abroad. Kidnappings are way up in Mexico, with 1,500 reported in 1997. In recent years, several moguls have been abducted and released only after their families paid ransoms reported to be as high as $50 million. Kidnappings in this usually tranquil paradise have shot up 500% in the past six months.

Kidnapping does not have frontiers. The goal is to have much money. Kidnapping is one of the most frightening threats for parents, yet it is not nearly as common as the media can make it seem. Family members are responsible for more than three-quarters of reported kidnappings, and the majority of all kidnapped children are returned alive and unharmed within hours or days.

Kidnapped victims are usually mistreated in the initial stage of confrontation to bring them under control quickly. Verbal abuses and death threats are also given. Kidnapping is a serious crime, and we’re all hoping for his safe release. Authorities are working on the case, and the family is doing what they can to negotiate with the abductors, apparently a group of armed men who jumped out of an SUV while Batista was taking a phone call. Kidnapping is a very real threat, wherever you may be in the world or whatever city you may live in. It’s not just a problem in third world or politically unstable countries.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at 8:17 pm and is filed under GPS Tracking, Surveillance News. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comment will appear immediately, but I reserve the right to delete innapropriate comments.

Bluetooth technology is similar to wireless network technology. For instance, two devices in the vicinity of one another can communicate with one another at high speeds. Bluetooth technology is continuously improving; however some limitations remain. The range of one Bluetooth device to another is 30 feet. Bluetooth technology is a set of specifications that allow devices to talk to other devices, or to accessories, wirelessly over short distances. Bluetooth technology allows devices to communicate with each other without cables.

Bluetooth technology is best known by consumers for its ability to talk on a wireless headset. One of the nice features on Bluetooth is that it is not manufacturer specific. Bluetooth technology is available in many different devices including Bluetooth headsets, Bluetooth Speakerphones, stereo Bluetooth headsets, Bluetooth office headsets, GPS systems, keyboards, and mice, just to name a few.

Take a look at what we think are some of the best Bluetooth products available: Top 10 Bluetooth Devices. Bluetooth Technology is a way of connecting devices, such as desktops, laptops and cell phones to systems without the use of cables. It is also the way your wireless headset works with your phone.

Devices in a piconet use a specific frequency-hopping pattern, which is algorithmically determined by the master device. The basic hopping pattern is a pseudorandom ordering of the 79 frequencies in the ISM band. Devices can belong to several piconets. Bluetooth also provides for easy integration of TCP/IP for networking. Devices have to wait until the master allows them to talk! One master and up to seven slaves employ a star topology to form a piconet.

Wireless Bluetooth technology is used in the project to connect Digital-TV set-top-boxes and PDAs. The books can be ordered and also delivered using the return channel of the set-top box. Wireless TechnologyWireless technology equips you with the ability to transmit data without using wires and cables in the network.

The difference between the wired technology and wireless technology is just the absence of the wires and cables in the wireless technology.The wireless networks are of two types- Fixed wireless network and mobile wireless networks. Wireless headsets using Bluetooth can also be broken into by hackers, but this is not likely to be done casually. Still, overall, Bluetooth technology is more secure than WiFi, and less attractive to hackers.

Wireless headphones allow you to enjoy music and take calls while keeping you wire-free and free to roam. Wireless communication between various Bluetooth-enabled devices takes place via these radio links, instead of via cables as used in normal networking. Since Bluetooth technology uses radio signals, which are omni-directional and can be transmitted through walls and other obstacles, Bluetooth-enabled devices don’t need to be in line of sight or be pointing at each other.

Bluetooth technology is an important and innovative technology that allows wireless connectivity from your phone to a vast amount of devices. Bluetooth technology is a short range wireless technology that was developed by the collaboration of mobile phones and IT companies such as Nokia, Intel, Toshiba, Erickson and IBM. Bluetooth develops short range wireless connections between the laptops, handheld pcs, wireless communication devices and mobile phones. Bluetooth technology is quickly finding its way into hearing aid applications. Here are three examples of this wireless technology’s use in the hearing care field.

Bluetooth technology is no different — it’s wireless and therefore susceptible to spying and remote access, just like WiFi is susceptible if the network isn’t secure. With Bluetooth, though, the automatic nature of the connection, which is a huge benefit in terms of time and effort, is also a benefit to people looking to send you data without your permission.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 1:56 pm and is filed under Spy Cam, Video Surveillance Systems. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comment will appear immediately, but I reserve the right to delete innapropriate comments.