This innocuous looking box when attached to your phone is an innovative gizmo which can monitor the other party’s conversations. Say you are talking to somebody on the phone, but want to know what he is discussing with other people in the room. If the gadget is attached to your phone, you put the person on hold. This hold is not real, but the person thinks it is. (more…)

It seems the days of using fingertip for biometric security might be over before it really began to take hold because Sony as well as one or two other companies have began using what they say is a more secure and efficient way – using the veins on fingers. (more…)

Here is some bizarre development taking place in Japan. How far would you go to secure your WiFi? Most of us protect our networks by encrypting them with passwords so other people cannot steal our bandwidth, and more seriously, the prospect of anyone else accessing our data via the network.

Well, researchers in Japan have come up with a way to block WiFi signals by using paint to colour a home or an office block or whatever else they may wish to protect their networks in. (more…)

Those working in business sometimes worry their phone may be bugged because someone wants to hear what they are saying in order to steal information if they are a competitor, for example.

The practice of phone bugging is something the police employ quite regularly, but of course, in their case the bugging is done legitimately as they may wish top keep tabs on someone in a case they are following without their knowledge. (more…)

The world of surveillance is not all one way street. Many people assume the industry only caters to those wishing to carry out surveillance, but look a little deeper and there are ways to combat various types of surveillance. This post will touch on some the methods. (more…)