Beware, it's easy to plant cameras in hotel rooms

mohdshahril2000 · Post time 10-6-2008 05:15 PM

Beware, it's easy to plant cameras in hotel rooms

THE recent sex DVD scandal involving former Malaysian Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek shows how easy it
is to rig a spy camera and film someone without their knowledge.

Experts tell The New Paper on Sunday that it takes anyone just 30minutes to rig a spy cam.

It takes the professionally trained even less time.

This has the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) concerned. It will discuss the possibility of getting its more than 400 members to sweep all their hotel rooms for hidden cameras or other spying devices.

Whether or not this suggestion will become reality is not confirmed.

MAH secretary-general Sam Cheah Swee Hee told Weekend Mail that the idea would be discussed during its security committee meeting this month.

The meeting is aimed at enhancing security within the hotel and tourism industry.

The New Paper on Sunday interviewed five PIs and one shop-owner who sells spy cam equipment, and asked them what
it takes to plant such equipment in hotel rooms.

PI Charles Gomez said in a telephone interview from Hong Kong: "It's just a matter of getting beyond the closed door."

CODED MESSAGE

One front-office manager of a five-star hotel in Kowloon, Hong Kong, even claimed that the set-up can take place even
while the couple is checking in at the hotel reception.

In such instances, it is claimed that a coded message - to indicate which room the guests will take - is sent to the 'rigger',
who will then let himself in with the help of, usually, a chambermaid.

While it is possible that such scenarios may take place overseas, it is most unlikely to happen in Singapore.

Singaporean sleuth Dennis Lee, 37, Covert Acquisition's managing director, said: "Hotels in general are very strict about protecting the guests' privacy."

But not all, as Dr Chua's case proves.

The PIs said that it's easy to plant the cameras once they know which room the intended target would use.

Mr Gomez, who specialises in tailing high-society straying spouses, added: "It's a matter of familiarising yourself with the environment or the premises."

The likelihood of people being creatures of habit also help to make their targets easy prey.

Dr Chua himself had said his "biggest mistake" was to go to the same hotel and the same room repeatedly.

Mr Gomez, who has worked 20years in this line, travelling all over the world on the heels of cheating spouses, said:
"Those indulging in illicit passion usually head to places that they have grown accustomed to.

"The subjects tend to think they are safe after they get away with it more than once."

Mr Lee said: "One lets his guard down easily when he is in the comfort zone."

Those who are more paranoid will possibly check for hidden cameras when they first step into the room.

"But how often do you check again when you return to it after, say, a shopping trip?" Mr Lee asked.

After the target has checked into the room, Mr Lee or his team of investigators will need to identify which room it was.

He said: "That's when you make the move - often it is to get a room as close as possible to the target.

"The next call you place is to housekeeping, to get someone to clean your room."

And here is where the stash of cash that Mr Lee carries with him on his job comes in handy.

With the right sum, he claimed, nine out of 10 chambermaids will help you gain entry into the next room.

But Mr Lee also clarified: "Such aggressive tracking happens only overseas.

"In Singapore, the family court allows inference of adultery when subject and co-subject are caught checking in at the hotel reception together, or leaving together."

Mr Gomez said that once entry to the room is gained, everything else is easy.

"These days, with technology, you need only a wireless camera. And the focus will always be on the bed," he said.

Mr Lee said anything in the room can hide a tiny spy cam - from the table lamp to the TV cabinet and even the TV itself.

One of the other common spots to rig a camera is in the air-conditioning vents.

But the set-up of a spy cam has to be done just before the couple step into the room.

Mr Lee said: "Most covert equipment run on batteries - so there is battery life to consider.

"The earlier you plant it, the shorter span it has."

PREVENT RIGGING

On how to detect and prevent potential rigging, Mr Lee said: "One of the easiest ways is to take a bar of soap and wipe
it over any holes that you can see."

And that includes the speaker portion of television sets, Mr Gomez noted.

There are also wireless sweepers - that cost from as low as $50 to those in the thousand-dollar category - that can alert people of wireless equipment in the vicinity.

Be extra sensitive to partitioned walls too.

The rigger can simply cut the wallpaper, dig a hole small enough to place the camera in it, cover it with putty and stick the wallpaper back.

Mr Andre Johns, 41, who runs Papylon Enterprises at Sim Lim Square, said that the cameras can be planted anywhere.

He showed us some of the equipment on sale in his shop.

Only wired surveillance cameras are allowed to be used in Singapore. Shops are allowed to sell wireless cameras to buyers who have to produce foreign passports and proof of identity.

Mr Johns said: "I cannot and will not sell one to a Singaporean."

A simple set costs about $300 - and comes with a mini spy cam with adjustable lens, a digital video recorder and a 160GB hard-disk drive.

auntie_girl · Post time 10-6-2008 05:24 PM

lom sempat ke padang masyhar pon dah leh tgk apa:2cool: :2cool:

oklah tuh

mohdshahril2000 · Post time 10-6-2008 05:29 PM

Originally posted by auntie_girl at 10-6-2008 05:24 PM
lom sempat ke padang masyhar pon dah leh tgk apa:2cool: :2cool:

oklah tuh

Masalahnya yang halalpun kena gak...try this

How to Find Hidden Surveillance Equipment?

Naturally, people started getting concerned about how to find hidden surveillance equipment. And where there is a will,
there is a way. If there is surveillance equipment widely available, there is anti surveillance equipment as well! That is, to
detect if you are being monitored is not always easy but possible. While you can try and find spy cameras yourself, special
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to the sound the surface gives. But you cannot rely on this method as 100 % effective.

Other common hiding places for spy cameras are smoke detectors, paintings, clocks, ceilings… actually, the list can be endless. With wireless cameras using pinhole lens installing and concealing becomes no problem at all. Detailed inspection in attempt to find hidden surveillance equipment may not bring any results even if you spend a lot of time trying to spot a spy camera lens. Listening devices are even trickier, so it becomes impossible to detect them without anti surveillance equipment.

Surveillance and anti surveillance equipment shares the same principles of work; that is, basic methods used for hidden surveillance are applicable to anti surveillance as well. So, if you suspect you are being monitored and wonder how to find hidden surveillance equipment, try and determine what kind of monitoring is used and then go for appropriate anti surveillance equipment.

For spy video cameras there are anti surveillance devices capable to detect various transmissions, vibration, tape recording, infra red radiation, etc. Each device may be a separate detector or kind of two (three, four, all)-in-one, giving more chances
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interrupt camera systems within a certain radius or even tap and view what hidden cameras watch. Though the method is perfect for counter surveillance, some detectors have their disadvantages like scrambling and interfering into other devices’ signals – mobile phones, for example.

Similarly, there is anti surveillance equipment designed to detect and prevent eavesdropping making your telephone and fax lines safe. Even if you have nothing to hide, will you like the idea that all your conversations are tapped by somebody? Telephone scramblers and tap nullifiers allow protecting the privacy of your conversation and making them secure no matter from where you are calling. Another way of private conversations’ protection is by creating noise in microphones and audio transmitters.

And at last, there is advanced anti surveillance equipment which can perform almost all kinds of protection from audio, video and Internet surveillance. Naturally, such multitaskers are not cheap but in case you want to secure your privacy most effectively, you will need one of those devices. Abundance of surveillance and anti surveillance equipment in the market
makes you remember that if you can get somebody’s secrets, somebody can get yours with equal ease.

white_orkid · Post time 10-6-2008 05:44 PM

dunia da semakin canggih......

bacteria82 · Post time 10-6-2008 06:23 PM

Kalo x silap aku, member bgtau cara mudah utk tau sesuatu bilik tu ade hidden camera, bila korang masuk bilek tu, tetibe signal hset korang takde. Bila kuar bilek ade balik signal. So confirm bilek tu ade hidden camera. Any komen? X sure betul atau tak!

carsein · Post time 10-6-2008 06:29 PM

wa kat hotel pon tak slamat dah..

pressor · Post time 10-6-2008 08:16 PM

fuyooo...

pluto · Post time 10-6-2008 08:21 PM

hotel mana ada

bzzts · Post time 10-6-2008 08:22 PM

pesanan ni patutnya dituju utk yg dah kawen je la, kerja halal... kalo yg belom kawen/zina... lantak la korang.

nak buat bende haram pastu kat dunia ni pun dah kecoh pasal kene tangkap gambar.
apa da... ingatkan lawan undang2 tuhan dah terer. ..

tu mujur aku belom sebut pasal akhirat seksok, eh, pasal dlm kubor pun ada byk chapter lagik.. ..

mohdshahril2000 · Post time 11-6-2008 10:05 AM

Setahu aku GSM frequency band untuk semua operators di M'sia (Celcom,Maxis & Digi) adalah 900MHz dgn 1800 MHz
dan 2100 MHz untuk 3G..dan every power transmitted bagi handphones ranging from 1W to 3W jer...manakala small devices apatah lagi spy camera power transmission will be much lesser at lebih kurang 200mW...sementara frequency nyer lebih kurang 2400MHz...jadi secara teorinya interference do occurs to the inferior one tapi tak la sampai total shut off...walaupun kat hotel biasanya signal from indoor antenna biasanya tak pergi jauh...

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mohdshahril2000 · Post time 11-6-2008 10:08 AM

Originally posted by bzzts at 10-6-2008 08:22 PM
pesanan ni patutnya dituju utk yg dah kawen je la, kerja halal... kalo yg belom kawen/zina... lantak la korang.
nak buat bende haram pastu kat dunia ni pun dah kecoh pasal kene tangkap gambar ...

aku rasa kena bagitau gak pada yang teringin nak berzina ni bagi diorang tak buat benda2 pelik ni lagi...lagi paranoid lagi
bagus....kurang sikit kerja penguatkuasa...

yankee_doodle · Post time 11-6-2008 02:14 PM

ni untuk hotel berapa star ni?
kalau yang berzina tu kantoi takper la jugak

leiasky · Post time 12-6-2008 12:32 PM

adoi...baru plan kang honeymoon 1st night nk buat kat hotel...klu dah cenggini kena ar berkubang kat umah yg tentu2 nye ada ipar duai anak cucu kecik belaka~ nk buat pon kena senyap2,x dpt la nk bg jeritan manja.haha~