For anyone who enjoys watching any type of spy movie or television show featuring hidden surveillance and monitoring, you might be wondering if the devices you see actually exist or do they just come out of a writer's imagination? Surprisingly enough, there exists a huge variety of security cameras, including hidden cameras that can actually be easily purchased by the average US citizen.
In fact, you can easily access websites, right on the Net, that offer hidden cameras including spy cams, nanny cams, bullet cameras and a variety of other hidden recording devices.
What is so amazing about these cameras is their size and convenience.
They can literally be inserted into almost any object that can be found in any home, office or car.
This means that these cameras are small enough to fit into digital clocks, baby monitors and interior car mirrors.
Because they are wireless, they can be installed and removed almost instantly and while they are, for the most part, virtually undetectable because of their size, they can record and send back images that are crystal clear and leave no doubt as to the activities the people they are recording are engaging in.
As for other types of surveillance, you can find dome cameras installed in practically any retail store and office building.
These cameras are used to monitor larger areas and ensure ongoing security.
Unlike hidden surveillance, dome cameras are quite visible to the eye and are a very important presence by sending out the message that the area is being monitored.
Dome cameras record all ongoing activity within a defined area through a series of network cameras and have proven themselves to be extremely effective in discouraging shoplifters as well as other types of illegal and illicit activity.
Additionally, many States in the US have very specific laws about illegal surveillance and security and the use of dome cameras is quite legal in most US States - this means that retailers and property owners can legally use these types of surveillance cameras to monitor the activities on their property as well as protect their clients.
It truly is amazing just how far we have come when it comes to surveillance and protection.