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The Pros and Cons of Cell Phone Tracking
Phone companies know where their customers' cellphones are, often within a radius of less than 100 feet. That tracking technology has rescued lost drivers, helped authorities find kidnap victims and let parents keep tabs on their kids. The Pros and Cons of Cell Phone Tracking But the technology isn't always used…
Ultimate Resource On Drones
by Monty Henry on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 11:10am Thanks to a proliferation of inexpensive sensors, chips, cameras and other gizmos that can be tacked onto wannabe spy planes and helicopters, it's easier than ever for technologists to build craft that fly themselves. Ultimate Resource On Drones Related: Fighting Wildfires Goes…
Internet-Interception Equipment: Targets Emails, Online Chats and Facebook Messages Using Massive Interception
French technology company is offloading its business that sells Internet-interception equipment, a move that comes six months after it became public that Moammar Gadhafi's regime had been using the technology to spy on Libyans. Internet-Interception Equipment: Targets Emails, Online Chats and Facebook Messages Using Massive Interception The company said it had…
How To Stop Flame and Stuxnet (Super-Malware) Dead in Their Tracks
A new plug-and-play device for factories and power plants could stop malicious code from triggering a major malfunction, or worse. How To Stop Flame and Stuxnet (Super-Malware) Dead in Their Tracks Let me introduce you to Norm. "Norm!" No, not George Wendt. Norman is an IT security company based in Norway that's selling…
Facebooks Apps. Are Selling You Out!
Not so long ago, there was a familiar product called software. It was sold in stores, in shrink-wrapped boxes. When you bought it, all that you gave away was your credit card number or a stack of bills. Facebooks Apps. Are Selling You Out! Now there are "apps"—stylish, discrete chunks of…
OLD TECHNOLOGY VS NEW TECHNOLOGY
Receive Automated Product/Service Announcements HIDDEN CAMERAS BUILT-IN DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER VS WIRED AND WIRELESS HIDDEN CAMERAS Why bother with hiding or wiring coax cables, programming time-lapse recorders or dealing with poor wireless signals (transmitting your images all over the neighborhood!) preventing you from getting the critical video evidence you need? OLD…
How to Track a Cell Phone Even When It’s Not Being Used
The U.S. Department of Justice now says its use of a cellphone-tracking device in a controversial Arizona case could be considered a "search" under the Fourth Amendment, a tactical move legal experts say is designed to protect the secrecy of the new cell phone locators. How to Track a Cell Phone…
How To Survive A Kidnapping
Anyone may be kidnapped or have a member of their family kidnapped. Unfortunately, most people don't know how to deal with kidnappers or how to survive the ordeal if they themselves are kidnapped or taken hostage. Here are some easy steps so you can be prepared. How To Survive A Kidnapping…
Radon Gas Detection
Epidemiological studies have shown a clear link between breathing high concentrations of radon and incidence of lung cancer. Thus, radon is considered a significant contaminant that affects indoor air quality worldwide. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency , radon is the second most frequent cause of lung cancer,…
Loss Prevention
Courtesy of the DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com Loss Prevention Team Loss Prevention has become as important to retail profits as products, pricing and promotion. Retailers can preserve -- and often increase -- profits simply by investing in systems that reduce shoplifting and internal theft . U.S. retailers lose $38 billion every year to shrinkage. Many retailers…
Phishing/Scamming: Why You Shouldn’t Take The Bait!
Phishing/Scamming One of the primary reasons for the severe increase in phishing/scamming among and individuals and smaller organizations is that online criminals believe these institutions and people do not possess the resources, knowledge or employees to protect themselves or respond to a phishing/scamming attack. Many of the larger banks, retailers…
Fraud Prevention Tips For Crypto-Currency, Credit Card And Fiat-Based Holders
This type of fraud has evolved to become more innovative and intimate—and is more common than you might think. Fraud Prevention Tips For Crypto-Currency, Credit Card And Fiat-Based Holders Confidence fraud happens when a scammer assumes an online identity to befriend a victim or form a personal connection. This effort…