Voice recorders keep tabs on England team preparations

The FA and the English football team are going through a period of some concern regarding their preparations for the World Cup. As if it was not enough that the team has been blighted by injuries and tarnished by scandals amongst its senior players, those in charge are now having to cope with the fact that they may be under surveillance without their knowledge.

It has been brought to light that conversations between England players and members of coaching staff were listened in on by voice recorders that were planted in the team’s hotel in Hertfordshire before their last friendly game against Egypt. Whilst the details of the tape have been kept secret, the security breach is cause for concern.

The possibility that rivals get their hands on similar tapes is one that doesn’t bear thinking about for the FA as England prepare to mount a successful World Cup campaign. However, it is less a concern about leaked tactics as a concern about further scandal.

The last thing the English Football Association, or indeed anyone involved in English football, wants is for spy equipment to be used to drag up more information that could bring the game into disrepute. Taken out of context, voice recordings such as these could potentially harm the team’s preparation for the world’s biggest football tournament.

Devices for monitoring telephone use

Whether you need to record telephone conversations to train your staff or monitor calls to make sure your phone systems are being used appropriately, you need your recording to be undetectable and discreet. You may even need to monitor phone calls as a matter of security within your business, just as a preventative measure to cover your back should anything untoward be discussed on your phone lines.

Investing in a digital telephone recorder call recorder allows you to collect and record audio onto a small SD card. These devices will give you a comprehensive record of times, dates, durations and telephone numbers called. They also record with incredible clarity so that your footage is not rendered useless because of poor quality.

Other devices, like the GSM MobileMaster allow you to listen to your phone lines in real-time.

If you have need of a device that will allow you to record on your mobile phone, then recording leads are the best option. These clever little pieces of spy equipment are designed to record two sides of a telephone conversation with exceptional clarity without being detectable. They feature an earpiece and a jack which fits into a regular recording device, allowing you to monitor calls even when they are not made on your landline.

Spy equipment for the security conscious

Surveillance is sometimes an absolute necessity if you want to bolster the security of your home or office, especially when you are not there. If you feel that your property could be a target for thieves, then you probably already have a number of security features to prevent them from breaking and entering. However, if they manage to breach these, then you won’t want them to get away with it.

Hidden cameras are clever bits of surveillance equipment that can help capture the images of trespassers at work. A couple of varieties of hidden cameras are listed below.

3G hidden cameras

Often in the form of wall clocks, digital clocks, DVD players and so on, 3G hidden cameras allow you to make a video call to them and monitor the real time footage the camera is filming on your mobile phone. This is surveillance equipment at its most cutting edge.

Motion detection cameras

You don’t necessarily want your hidden camera to be filming all the time when you are away. This could lead to hours of wasted footage and memory card space. To circumvent this problem, motion detection cameras only film when they detect motion in their line of sight. If you are away then this motion could well indicate trespassers. These are also frequently found in the guise of clocks, but also air conditioning devices and books.