Who should be concerned about eavesdropping, being bugged or
wiretapping? If anyone or any business can benefit from knowing
something that you say, write or do, then you are a potential target. The
benefit can be monetary, leverage or knowledge.
If anyone or any business can benefit from knowing what is
being said, written or done within your company, then your company is a
potential target.
If you are in a relationship, or have recently been in a
relationship, and the other person is overly controlling or possessive, then
you could be a target.
Here are some things that may indicate you or your business
have become a target for eavesdropping and spying.
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Do people seem to know your activities when they shouldn’t?
This is one of the more obvious signs that you may have
become a target for surveillance and / or eavesdropping. If they know where
you’ve been, and shouldn’t know, then there could be a GPS device planted on
your car.
Has someone been in your home or office, but nothing was taken?
Do your door locks suddenly feel “not quite right”?
Nobody breaks into a place for no reason. If they didn’t take
anything, then there must have been another motive for breaking into your home
or business. Do you notice that furniture has been moved slightly? Do
electrical wall plates appear to have been removed and then replaced?
Have you noticed service or delivery trucks are often parked
nearby with nobody (that you can see) in them? Do these types of vehicles stay
at one location for long periods of time?
These types of vehicles can be used as listening posts, or
vantage points for surveillance. You should also be wary of any service person
that shows up at your home or business (and you didn’t call them) to fix a
problem that you don’t know about.
Do others know your confidential business or professional trade
secrets?
Theft of confidential information is a multi-billion dollar
underground industry in the United States. When your competitors, associates or
co-workers know things that are private, or the media finds out about things
they should not know, then it is reasonable to suspect technical eavesdropping
or bugging. A common target for corporate spies is confidential meetings and
especially bids for a project.
Has a business associate, vendor or competitor given you a gift,
such as a desk radio, lamp, or small television? Have things (lamps, exit
signs, smoke detectors, pictures, plants, etc.) suddenly appeared at your
business, and no one knows who put it there?
These types of items are commonly used to hide audio and
visual devices that videotape and / or eavesdrop on anyone in the room. Items
as small as a calculator or a ballpoint pen can hide these devices.
Have you heard strange sounds such as popping or static, or
changes in volume on your phone lines? Does your phone ring and nobody is there
when you answer?
These could be indicators that someone is listening in on
your phone conversations. If you hear sounds coming from your phone’s handset
after you hang up – this could be another indicator that someone is
eavesdropping. There are devices that turn your telephone into an eavesdropping
microphone that can listen in on everything being said in the room where the
phone is located.
Have you noticed that an AM/FM radio is having strange
interference? Have you noticed that lately your car radio or your television is
acting strange?
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Who can be the victim of eavesdropping?
Almost anyone. Spouses, boyfriends and girlfriends, business
associates and competitors, teachers, government employees, Construction
companies (especially for bids), scientists, and attorneys can all be potential
targets.
If you suspect someone may be eavesdropping on you, call
us. But make sure you call from a safe location, on a safe phone line. Do not
call from any location that could be suspect for eavesdropping activity. You can also create a gmail account and email us
from a
safe computer (Kinkos, public library, etc).