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Inside The NYPD’s Spycam Nerve Centre

6:40AM May 11, 2010 | Brian Barrett

When Faisal Shahzad left his bomb-loaded car parked in Times Square, every step of his escape route through Manhattan was caught by both police and private spycams. If they’re the NYPD’s eyes, this room is its central nervous system. More »


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NYC’s Terror-Spotting Spycams Stuck In Traffic

3:20AM May 4, 2010 | Noah Shachtman - Wired.com

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The NYPD may have caught the attempted Times Square car bomber on tape, and is hoping a $US24 million phalanx of cameras can stop future attacks. But the track record of large, metropolitan surveillance networks pre-empting terrorists is weak, at best. More »


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Take The Ford To Work, Leave The BMW For The Nanny

7:00AM April 11, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

I don’t know exactly what people are buying novelty spy cameras for these days, but I guess babysitter surveillance is as timeless a concern as any. Brando’s newest motion-activated spy gizmo takes the shape of a small luxury automobile. More »


To Catch A Predator Barbie

9:20AM February 17, 2010 | Mark Wilson

There are things Man was meant to do and there are things Man wasn’t meant to do. Putting a spycam inside a Barbie, for instance? Such can only unbalance the subtle harmonies of nature in perverse ways. More »


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To Catch Santa With Spycams

6:22PM December 26, 2009 | Brian Lam

Actor Peter Facinelli says his daughter setup a spy cam to catch Santa. Instead, he placed this video on the device. More »


Gadgets

Spy Camera Detector Guarantees Your Privates Are On The Internet

3:00AM November 24, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Some people are ashamed of their bodies. Me? I regularly strip in questionable environments, just for the thrill that my tush may be showing up on some subscription Russian voyeur site. This spycam detector can save heartache for us both. More »


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Ring-Activated Spy Camera Mixes James Bond with some Captain Planet

11:00PM May 18, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Brando’s new button spy camera is one step closer to international super spy. You wave an ordinary looking gold ring near the device to take photos and video.

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Thanko Camera Necktie Is the Stuff of Spies, Bored Office Workers

1:20AM April 15, 2009 | Mark Wilson

There is absolutely no aspect of your job that necessitates the use of a spycam necktie. I’m sorry, but your work just isn’t that interesting. But that’s why Man was given imagination.

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Tissue Box Spy Camera Watches You as You Wipe Your Snot

12:00PM March 20, 2009 | Erica Ho

Ignorance is bliss, but if you reeaaally want to know what goes on behind the scenes, this tissue-box spy camera will catch those moments: hopefully the good, not the bad, and definitely not the gross.

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Third Eye Video Camera Is Perfect For Spies, Other Surreptitious Recording

2:25PM February 20, 2009 | Jason Chen

Hello comrade. How are you. Oh this? This is not a $US300 Third Eye Video camera that lasts 2.5 hours on a charge. I just have an unfortunate birth defect. [Hammacher via BBG]

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