Demo Video of Smartphone Blocker Case

About the video

The signal comes from a 2.4 GHz video transmitter.

The detector is the Bug Detector Pro.

The case is the Smartphone Blocker Case.

New Product - Dumb Down Your Smartphone

The era of the "Smartphone" has gradually assimilated most people in our society into the habit of having a multifunctional communications device on their person at all times.  We are now so addicted to these devices that we willingly sacrifice a large amount of personal privacy to keep using them.  But what if these devices were turned against us?  We can't simply assume that the security experts in the mobile phone industry will always defy the hackers in the criminal underworld, can we?  As inevitably happens in all situations with high financial stakes, there must be times when each side will get an edge over the other.  Thus, in anticipation of such a time when the smartphones in our pockets may be under the influence of some unknown intruder, we can always take the proper precaution by dumbing down these devices.

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The new Smartphone Blocker Case will cover your mobile phone with a shield so powerful that it will no longer operate.  At all.  This means that whenever the phone is placed inside the Blocker Case, it will not be vulnerable to hacking, nor will it be accessible to anyone that may have already hacked it in the past.  While the phone is in this protective Blocker Case, it will also lose all service as well.  Basically, you are choosing to either to have the phone fully operational, or to to have it completely inoperable.  Do those two options sound a bit absolute?  Not for people who are currently pondering whether to carry a smartphone at all or just to leave it at home.  In that context, the Smartphone Blocker Case actually provides a convenient compromise, where you can still carry the phone with you at all times, but without even letting it know.  Always keep in mind that when you take a phone out of the Blocker Case, it will once again be as operational and vulnerable as any other phone, but at least you will always have the ability to choose when that happens.

Dumbphone

Whether you perceive this product as an indulgence to satisfy a privacy obsession, or rather a tool to counter the complexity of rapidly advancing technologies, the Smartphone Blocker Case will never fail to make your smartphone become dumber.

New Product - Peep Hole Wireless Camera

The last few weeks have been quite busy at Spytech, as you will see with the newest high tech products being added to our online shop over the next little while.  First of all, I'm pleased to introduce a type of camera that we have constantly been asked about over several years.  This is a camera that looks like a "Peep Hole" in a door.  Ideally, the customers I have talked to are trying to see who is outside their door, or who is messing around in the hallway when they are asleep, or not at home.  Since most typical residential building hallways have no potential places to hide a camera, this Peep Hole Wireless Camera is surely the best way to protect the area just outside your front door.

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During our testing this camera has been operating perfectly.  The only issue is that the diameter of this Peep Hole Camera seems to be a few millimeters thicker than the standard "apartment door peep hole" we tested it on.  I'm not sure how many different sizes there are in the peep hole industry, so make sure you have permission to drill the correct hole in your door if it currently has a slightly smaller sized hole.  If you are starting fresh with a brand new door, the diameter of the part of the Peep Hole Camera that fits inside the hole is 13.8mm, so be prepared to drill accordingly.  If you happen to have a larger hole in your door, the Peep Hole camera has a 25mm diameter end on it so it can still cover a hole up to that size.

Please check that these measurements will match your door.

Going over the features, we were impressed!  Not only does the Peep Hole Wireless Camera come with a high quality LCD video receiver to view the live image, but if you just insert a MicroSD card, the screen then becomes a motion activated DVR that can record all the activity from the Peep Hole.  The Peep Hole Camera itself has to be plugged in to a power outlet to operate, but the LCD video receiver can be unplugged and will operate on its built in rechargeable battery for about 5 hours or so.

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New Product - Telephone Voice Recorder

Introducing the Telephone Voice Recorder

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At Spytech we constantly test the newest products and investigate the latest technologies.  Thanks to all our research, we have found a digital audio recorder that does it all!  For phone recording, the Telephone Voice Recorder comes with a standard land line phone connector and uses Voice Activation to record your phone calls automatically.  If the 20 hour battery life isn't enough, you can actually power the recorder from the USB cable.  This will provide endless power for recording, but we have found that you still need batteries for playback.  Please note that the Telephone Voice Recorder only works with standard land line telephones.  No VOIP or Rogers phones or digital phone systems.

For non-telephone audio recording applications, this unit boasts a built-in stereo microphone, and comes with an external lapel microphone as well.  In addition to many recording applications, this device can double as a MP3/WAV music player and a FM radio.  You can even add password protection for security.  With all these features, and many others I haven't even mentioned, you can see why this is now the main all-in-one digital audio recorder that we choose to carry.  Of course, if you need a smaller recorder, you can see several alternatives in the Audio Products section of our website.

New Product - Bug Detector Pro

What is Bug Detector Pro?

From the executive boardrooms of the biggest multinationals, to the back offices of the tiniest start-ups, the development of ideas and innovations continues to provide fuel for economic prosperity in the free world.  Consequently, stealing these very same ideas and innovations from someone else can be quite a valuable prize.  This brings us to that eternal battle between those who attempt to steal the ideas and innovations and those who strive to protect them.  At Spytech, we try to provide the tools and training to help people protect the information that is important to them, even if it isn't necessarily the next billion dollar prototype.

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The most popular tool in the counter-surveillance world is known as a "bug detector".  Like every bug detector, our "Bug Detector Pro" is used to detect and locate wireless electronic devices.  The principle is quite simple in that a wireless bugging device must transmit its information from its own location, out to a receiver that would ideally be far enough away to be out of sight.  However, this same signal is what gives away the location of the transmitter.  The Bug Detector Pro uses a signal strength meter to indicate when you are moving nearer or further away from a transmitter.  This process of moving the detector all around a room and observing the signal strength meter is called "sweeping for bugs", since you are sweeping the radio frequencies in the air, and if you are thorough enough you can declare the room to be "clean". 

What are the limitations of the Bug Detector Pro?

Needless to say, a clean room does not guarantee absolute security.  To cite a famous example, a contractor named Edward Snowden didn't need any kind of bugs to help himself to top secret government information, so there was no way any typical counter-surveillance equipment would have stopped him.  Of course, issues like trusting contractors or vetting staff are for a whole different discussion, much too lengthy to get into at this time.  The point is, even after you have eliminated any possibility of electronic bugs, you should never assume that wireless electronic devices are the only way to steal information.  There may be spyware on your phone, there may be a mole in your staff, or there may even be some new technology out there that you haven't heard of yet.  Unfortunately, the only way to be completely secure is to communicate only inside a Faraday cage and trust nobody on your staff, but this is not compatible with running an efficient business.

Don't want to do this stuff yourself?  Well lucky for you, depending on where you are located, it is usually possible to hire a counter-surveillance expert to check your location for the full range of possible surveillance devices.  This professional will of course carry their favorite type of bug detector - possibly the Bug Detector Pro - along with various other counter-surveillance devices: Popular ones include the Video Hunter, a telephone wire tap detector, or there are some high end machines that do all of the above functions in one unit.  It is possible for anyone to purchase all of these machines as well, but as you get into more and more complex technology, it becomes more and more important to have a fair amount of experience and expertise just to operate them with the slightest amount of effectiveness.  A counter-surveillance expert without any expensive equipment will still find more bugs than an average person with the best equipment on the market, purely based on experience.

Why use a Bug Detector Pro?

Now the question irresistibly emerges, if an expert can do such a better job, then why would someone even bother to own a personal Bug Detector Pro at all?  The answer is convenience.  The Bug Detector Pro is not overly difficult to use, like some higher end equipment can be.  It is not always convenient to make an appointment with a counter-surveillance expert on short notice, but with your personal Bug Detector Pro, you can sweep a room in a few minutes.  But the ultimate reason to own a Bug Detector Pro, is that it creates an obstacle for your opponent, making it more difficult for that person to spy on you.  If you look at it purely from the amount of effort involved, it is much simpler for them to plant some kind of electronic bug to gather information, than it is to try and persuade your more important staff members into betraying their employer.  Likewise, it is just as quick and convenient to sweep for those devices and eliminate these simple forms of electronic surveillance.  By doing so, you are forcing the opponent to use more complicated methods that cost them more time and money, increase the risk from their end, and could even expose them if they are too reckless.

Basically the Bug Detector Pro is a tool that will protect you from all of the most convenient electronic spying devices that someone can use against you.  Indeed, your efforts may still cause the opponent to raise their entire game of espionage to a higher level of complexity, putting the ball back in your court, which can end up spiraling into a technological tennis match.  Yet if this match is unavoidable then why forfeit in the first set?

Hans School
President, Spytech

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