hidden spy camera There used to be a lot of mystique surrounding spy technology. In today's post we will answer some of that mystique by explaining what a hidden spy camera is and what they can do. A hidden spy camera is nothing more than a pinhole camera placed inside a common item folks are used to seeing such as radios, alarm clocks and other household items. A spy camera, a.k.a. a hidden spy camera, has been around since 1936 when Baltic German Walter Zapp invented a subminiature camera. World...

Today we’re doing a product review of what we call an all-in-one Alarm Clock Hidden Spy Camera because not only contains a pinhole spy camera but a built-in DVR with an SD card to record what the camera sees. Hidden spy cameras are becoming more popular than ever before because they can do so many things and because of technological improvements and price competition they are better and cheaper than ever before. This Sony alarm clock spy camera is typical of this generation and style of spy camera. It features motion activated...

Here's a story about the three-year-old boy who was being abused by his physical therapist caregiver. This video may be disturbing to some. Read the whole story and watch the video HERE. The child suffers from severe autism and cannot communicate with his parents. The parents were upset because the boy did not seem to be showing improvement from the therapy so they installed a hidden camera. Hidden cameras are tiny pinhole cameras usually with a DVR that are placed inside common household objects such as clocks and small household...

A local animal control officer set up his own steam using a pinhole spy camera that he had hidden in his office to catch a thief with sticky fingers red handed. Get the rest of the story HERE. Apparently there have been several thefts before, so the officer decided to try and catch the man on his own. When he saw who the culprit was he got a couple other officers and they went to the house to arrest the culprit. "It catches them on video perfectly. So perfect evidence....

A recent television news program by a station in Toronto, Canada had several installments of investigations into abuse of residents by fellow residents and staff in nursing homes. And it didn't end there! It discussed the fact that seniors in their own homes experience abuse at the hands of family or caregivers. Read the whole story HERE. "Elder abuse is a sad reality that is under-reported and under-estimated. It knows no boundaries. It may take the form of physical, financial, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Financial abuse, with misappropriation of...

Here's a story out of the UK about elder abuse and hidden cameras. You can read the whole story HERE. Earlier this year the chief inspector for social care and Care Quality Commission in the UK discussed the possibility of using hidden cameras as one way to tackle the problem of elder abuse in nursing homes. Elder abuse in nursing homes has become rampant with as many as 60% of all residents being abused either physically or emotionally, financially or psychologically. Using food as a weapon is common. With so...

click for more details The BBC program "Panorama" uncovered systematic abuse of residents at a care facility called Winterbourne View near Bristol. This was the catalyst for the watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) to use hidden cameras in care homes to prevent abuse and neglect. They will also use ‘mystery shopper’ type schemes as it looks to protect vulnerable people “by any means possible” in the wake of the Winterbourne View scandal. Read the whole story HERE Elder abuse in long-term care facilities is near epidemic proportions and will probably...

"First it was video surveillance cameras in infant nurseries. Now some families are placing them in elderly loved ones' rooms in nursing homes, to spot neglect and abuse. And some states are making it legal. The New York Times Wellness Blog has a fascinating report by Jan Hoffman about the new "watchful eye in nursing homes." Hoffman describes how one woman placed a motion-activated camera that looked like an ordinary looking alarm clock beside her 96-year-old mother's bed in an Oklahoma nursing home. What she saw led to the Mayberry...