Spy Stuff

How I missed this when I did my round up of spy gadgets I don’t know. It appears that the subtle art of lock picking has not escaped the inexorable march of technology.

Having said that this looks like a pretty brute force approach to the problem of gaining entry without a key although it’s not as brute force as, say, a sledgehammer so perhaps it has merit. Apparently jamming one of the swappable picks into a lock and pressing the button will agitate the lock cylinders several times a second and with practice you should be able to get into many places you shouldn’t.

Is this even legal? They’re selling them so I guess they must be… If you get caught it’s nothing to do with me!

I found this one on Lockpickshop.com

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A few people have commented to me that they’ve enjoyed the “Spy Stuff” section on coolest gadgets so I thought it would be interesting to have a look around and see what’s out there for use in the “real” world.

Bear in mind that some of this stuff is only sold to governments (and from the prices I’ve tracked down I know why too) but it’s still interesting to see what technology has managed to create for the world of surveillance and espionage.

To start with: the photo on this post… That’s Bomb Blast safety film to line windows and (hopefully) catch the glass in case of explosion, rather than letting it fragment all over the place. You can get this from Spymaster in London. They list lots of fun stuff on their website (like armoured landrovers) and I’ve walked past their shop a few times but I’ve never gone inside - it always looks like the kind of place you need an appointment to visit

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USB flash drives are nothing new and they’ve been offering some sort of secure partition or encryption for a while now. Some of them have even used fingerprint recognition. But guess what - the security functions of them all are completely useless on anything except the PC you’ve installed the drivers onto! It’s great having my email / site passwords / personal details with me, but if I can’t access them on the nearest PC they might as well not be there.

Enter the Fingergear USB flash drive. This (admittedly rather industrial looking) device uses fingerprint recognition which is cool in itself, but handles the authentication internally on the device which is even cooler. At last - someone finally got it right!

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The perfect gadget for any spy or gossiper is the Orbitor Electronic Listening Device.

You will be able to listen to any conversation up to 300 feet from you. You can listen to you the folks in the next motel room, your neighbors, your kids, and anyone else that you desire. Your possibilities are endless as to what conversation you can hear and what you can learn. You can just happen to be at the mall when your kids are there and learn just what they are up to, or follow your spouse to their “supposed meeting” and listen in to the meeting and learn who the meeting was really with.

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Do you ever wonder if your husband is really working late, if the kids really finished their homework, or if your wife is really helping a sick friend? If so, then the Voice Stress Analyzer will give you the answered you are seeking.

The voice stress analyzer can determine is the person talking is telling the truth, it analyzes the stress level changes in the voice and can work either in person or on a televised or recorded voice. This is great if you can only record their voice over the telephone or if their message is left on your answering machine.
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The Self Guard ST DVR SG-1000 is a very small recording system that will digitally compress and store all information that is captured by the camera, microphone, image processor and external sensors. The size of this unique recording system is only 85mm x 55mm x 22mm so, it is very easy to carry with you where ever you go.

The technology used with this super surveillance device is just as good as the larger more bulky designs. It has the capability to fit well in low-level security applications. It also has other options that can be added such as larger FLASH memory, HDD module, IR LED module for low light conditions, Video In (4 channel) and LAN (remote software included), giving you the ability to connect to up to 40 different Self Guard locations.
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Does your kid brother or sister like sneaking into your room when you’re asleep or not there. What are you going to do about it, well now you can alarm the room the geeky way using lazer trip wire just like you see in the movies. Unless you have a sister like
Miss Jolie you can sleep safely in the knowledge that nobody will enter your enclosure without a gut wrenching buzzer sounding.

In the US this is available for under 30 bucks from our friends at ThinkGeek.com

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