Big Brother is Not the Only One Watching You: Wireless Hidden Cameras

• It’s extremely useful in inaccessible places. Being so small and portable, you can set it up practically anywhere that is usually not accessible.  
• Wireless hidden cameras may the best personal security at home. Being highly affordable, homeowners can deem it a necessary and an inconspicuous way of watching out for intruders and setting up security measures around the house. 
• Some wireless hidden cameras are even clever enough to act as motion sensors to differentiate skin tones from a human being to an animal. This is so you don’t have to be running out of your warm bed at 3 in the morning because Pooches ran across the hall. 
• Ok so how about using these sorts of cameras to monitor wild life in a natural park? That’s an idea. Quite interesting to see animal behavior in their natural habitat for example. 
• Waterproof and weather proof cameras are also available, that can be used in harsh climates to monitor climatic pattern changes or forewarn people of impending weather conditions changes. 

So are they always useful?

It excellent when it is YOU who is the one monitoring the surveillance. What if you were an employee and found that your employer can watch you secretly? 

Wireless hidden cameras may sometimes cause resentment in the workplace. 

So what is the cost benefit ratio of even setting up one?

Integrity and motivation of staff may come down, that may lead to loss in sales or incentive to work. It’s all ok when employees are unaware that they can be seen anytime, but it’s also quite tricky. 

Ok so you set up multiple hidden cameras all over your offices for security reasons. What are the costs? Setting up special personnel to monitor surveillance is one of them. Equipment and recording gear that has to be maintained. And if you going in for wireless, remember the battery packs don’t’ always last forever, unless you get higher end models with rechargeable batteries. There is always the risk of information overload and more surveillance means more workload to maintain this equipment. Also the cost of setting up such an operation will have to be matched with the true objective in mind….Security. 

If you were an employee and you found that you could be watched by your bosses anytime, would you consider this as invasion of privacy? What if it was misused? Remember your bosses may well have set these up after legal proceedings. It’s always best to check with local laws before proceeding, whether you are the employer or the employee. 

The good, the bad and the ugly. Everything can be said about wireless hidden cameras. It all depends on who is doing the recording and who is being recorded. 

Its not just fear or paranoia that you think you may be watched. And remember – Big Brother is not the only one watching you! 

Some useful links:
Video Surveillance Guide.
Hidden Pinhole Cameras.
Your Guide to Hidden Cameras and Other Security Cameras