Bug Sweeper

RacyRed

27col wrote: »

Are you sure that you are not just paranoid? Anyone who bugged my house would rapidly fall asleep with boredom.

It isn't me who has the problem. But I'm convinced that the person who does is right to be concerned. A few things have already happened which, had anyone tried to predict them beforehand, we would have thought they were being paranoid.

Sometimes you have to simply accept that there are people out there who do exactly the things you cannot imagine anyone seriously considering doing, and and those people count on the disbelief of other to get away with it. :mad:

So you get to a state where, for your own security, you have to assume that such people WILL do the worst you can imagine, and maybe even more. With luck, contact with wierdo's can be cut off but then there is the problem of restoring confidence in the person who has been targeted.

I want to try to find moneysaving ways of doing that for my friend.

shaven-monkey

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5980717_sweep-room-electronic-listening-devices.html

It is illegal to electronically bug someone in the UK without a court order. The state security services can bug you but evidence gathered without a warrant is inadmissable in court, far as i know.

RacyRed

shaven-monkey wrote: »

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5980717_sweep-room-electronic-listening-devices.html

It is illegal to electronically bug someone in the UK without a court order. The state security services can bug you but evidence gathered without a warrant is inadmissable in court, far as i know.

What bugs look like. Some of them anyhow.
http://www.spygadgets.org.uk/telephone-taps-and-room-bugs

Thank you, those links are really interesting.

What I cannot work out is, given that bugging is, generally, illegal, why are these things for sale in high street shops!

dragon47

Thank you, those links are really interesting.

What I cannot work out is, given that bugging is, generally, illegal, why are these things for sale in high street shops!

I think it's legal to bug your own residence.

ukjoel

Ok - First of all these devices are out there and extremely easy to get and also very cheap. The previous poster mentioned picking up sounds from vibrations on windows. While correct its worth noting this isnt high tec but was being used by MI5 in the 1970s so is a 40 year old technology.


Best approach is to think about it from the perspective of whoever may be bugging you. Look up the devices you can get for under £20 from ebay and get yourself a detector.

Places to look will be at all plug sockets, light sockets, light bulbs , phones, and electronic devices.

I would also have a close look at your PC- there are some great spyware and keystroke and screen capture software out there that could be sending all your info off to someone else.

shaven-monkey

If the content of the conversations is highly sensitive and can be held face to face and your concern about eavesdropping is that great then relocate it. Wait for a windy day, preferably with some drizzle. Put the bugees into a car or on a bus, travel to a nearby park and walk into the center of it. Have the talk. Return to the warm dry for a nice cup of tea.
The eavesdropper has to follow you to listen in.
Anyone hoping to eavesdrop directly will be obvious.
Anyone using a parabolic microphone will be pretty obvious.
Even with a parabolic microphone, it would be extremely difficult to get any content of the conversation from range.
All this presupposes that all parties to the conversation are aware they may be under surveillance.

If you do find a bug don't remove or deactivate it or even touch it.
Report the find to the police.