Nanny-Cam May Leave a Home Exposed

NY Times through Yahoo ^ | 4-13-02 | John Schwartz

[B4Ranch]

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[Lurker]

They're wireless, and I just reach out the window and wipe them off when the picture gets fuzzy.

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[spycameras]

Each time an anolog video signals go through a wall, it gets weakened. Nanny camera have range up to 500 ~ 2000 ft LOS range. Some signal might leak through the outside wall of the house but will not travel far.
If a nnany cam was located near the window, yes someone right outside might pick it up, but just by adding a yagi antenna on a Rx from 1/4 mile away can not pick up a signal that does not exist.
You can not put a booster antenna in a nanny cam because the antenna is at least 2 ft long. If someone was to use a repeater to send a signal far away using a yagi antenna, then anyone in that path can pick up. But that is a rare case.

[Joe 6-pack]

"look at your 900 MHz...phone..."

Why? I'd rather listen to yours...;-)

[LibKill]

Back at the Staples store in Madison, employees said they did not know that they were being watched by security monitors.

If I found that my boss was monitoring me without telling me first, my resignation would leave him stretched out on the floor, unconcious.

I am not a slave and my employer does not have unlimited rights over me.

[1L]

I've been thinking seriously about installing a low end closed circuit TV system in the house we will soon build -- including a camera at each entry. It shouldn't be too tough to conceal it.

I don't want a wireless one for several reasons.

[helper]

"Who ever wrote the article did not research too much, rather went on with his or her assumptions."

Bull, several months ago as I was running down some interference I did the same drive test with a 4 channel video receiver. In my 10 mile drive on major highways I picked up 10 clear video cams.

One, in particular had a 4 cam sequencer for security in his townhouse. It was easy to see that he had no downstairs windows covered. I could have broken it and hauled off half of his belongings and he wouldn't have had a single picture.

Just to give you some idea, I saw shopping center lots, heavy equipment storage lot, cash registers at gas stations,inside homes, etc. As I passed subdivisions I got lots of very fuzzy pics, but I didn't have time or interest running them down. In every case the cam told me what couldn't be seen, and where I could defeat the cam.

I also purchased a cheap wireless cam and could without any special antenna on either the tx or rx pick it up over 1000ft with the cam inside my house.

[TET1968]

You are a very generous, compassionate, kind and thoughtful human bean.

Thank You

[spycameras]

So, the cameras you have picked up are not nanny cams correct ??? What I'm saying is you can put attach a high power Tx with commercial security cameras but not in a nanny cams becuase of the volumetric limitations.