Wal-Mart Sells Home Spy Gear

Anonymous Coward writes "Always wanted to play with the toys James Bond, the CIA and Dateline get to use every day? Now you can surf over to your friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart Online and pick up a spy-cam (complete with audio) disguised as a Smoke Detector at everyday low prices. Or pick from a variety of pinhole and infrared CCD cameras. Walton, Sam Walton... " Amazing! Wal-Mart seems to have a wide selection of video security gear. I think I'll get one of these for my limousine. Hmmm...

Comments

The irony is WalMart uses fake cameras in stores

[Kurt Gray]

I had a friend who worked at WalMart who told me
that the most of the ceiling cameras in the
store are fake (complete with blinking LED and
occaional movement) and occasionally floor
personal will call for a security gaurd over the
PA system "Security: code orange, section 3"
for no reason other than to keep potential
shoplifters paranoid.

Re:Redneck Spy Supplies

[dattaway]

Hey, I'm gonna run out and buy two of them thangs. One to monitor the bug zapper, and the other to watch...

Beat you to it. The Redneck Bugzappercam , so grab a six pack, sit back, and watch bugs die a spectacular death in a shocking display. Should I provide a streaming mp3 of them getting nuked?

I need a switch from my parallel port and a perl script so the pinhole cam I was showing off earlier in the day can be seen.

Note to Self

[alkali]

Remember to suggest to CmdrTaco that he add a "Too Much Information" moderation category. Also, buy milk.

You get to pay $200 for a smoke alarm case.

[Restil]

Black and white pinhole cameras sell for about $50 apiece. All you need to supply then is an RCA cable, a microphone, and a power supply, then take ANY smoke alarm (they're not very expensive), remove the cover, then secure the camera inside of it and VOILA, instant spy camera. Now, if you want to get more fancy, for an extra $100, I can integrate a video/audio transmitter into the case as well, then have a reciever anywhere within 300 meters. So for about $180 this could be assembled by anyone with enough electronics knowledge to successfully hook up your average stereo system.

Of course, this is Walmart we're talking about. This is a CONSUMER product, and of course, there is a high consumer demand for surveillence equipment in the home. After all, this is about the extent that it could be used legally. Nobody will likely use these in a commercial environment when there are better choices available and its illegal to use them in almost any other circumstance. So if you're going to break the law anyways, why rely on a consumer product that would probably be easy to identify.

-Restil