Think you can work with a power outlet bug? When you think you are safe in a protected environment, you let yourself go, and mistakenly believing belief that no one can hear you, you may end up revealing details which, if heard by someone else, may be highly compromising for
Author: Michel Poe
Marital infidelity, the Net is the new frontier
Technology has changed the way people communicate, build relationships, and sometimes hide parts of their personal lives. Smartphones, messaging apps, social networks, and online dating platforms have made it possible to remain connected with other people throughout the day, often through conversations that leave very few visible signs outside the
Bugs power supply, for long lasting wiretaps
Although the Berlusconi government in Italy, while stumbling from a sex scandal to the next, is trying to put a cap on wiretapping operations, by imposing a time limit, fortunately this investigative tool is still in use without too many restrictions that would only do a favor to criminals and
Laser Microphone: How Long-Distance Listening Through Glass Works
Article originally published in 2009 and updated September 10, 2026. This article has been updated with technical information on laser microphones, remote audio detection, and the evolution of optical sensing technology. A laser beam can be used to detect tiny vibrations produced by sound on a surface. This is the
600 hours in only 4 mm on your microrecorder
The occasions when you may need a microrecorder to record conversations, sounds or music, in a discreet way and as invisibly as possible, are countless: a concert, a lesson at school or in college, a meeting in the office or, for law enforcement and private detectives, during a difficult criminal
Listening through a wall requires the right stethoscope microphone
We all happened at different times, to wish that we were able to listen to what happens beyond a wall, perhaps during a confidential meeting in the office, or because we have an annoying neighbor, or simply to make sure that our children are not hanging out with the wrong
The human brain can be backed up like a hard disk
Human Brain back up? The name Raymond Kurzweil, for the majority of the general public may not mean that much, but he is one of the great gurus of modern technology, able not only to invent the first music synthesizer which could perfectly imitate the sound of the piano, thus
Can text messages be intercepted?
Those who fear that their conversations could be intercepted phone, especially if they use the phone to discuss sensitive topics, confidential subjects or matters of a certain financial relevance, sometimes think that, to avoid being tapped, they can use SMS to communicate securely. Unfortunately for them, though, this is not
Telephone harassment? Use a voice changer
Often, for a woman who lives alone, a call is not necessarily bringing good news or the warm sound of a friendly voice. On the contrary, as we can see from the growing number of telephone harassment and stalking cases anywhere in the world, sometimes at the other end of
How to build your listening bug
Listening Bug can be built at home, For those who want to give audio surveillance a try and, despite not having the necessary resources to purchase a complete set of bugging devices and hidden microphones for secret listening, are equipped with a good deal of patience as well as some