COVERT RECORDING DEVICES PROLIFERATE IN STYLES – BUT INVESTIGATORS MUST TAKE CARE TO USE THEM LEGALLY

Even though life has been increasingly lived online during the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still a significant market for hardware surveillance devices, including those that are covert, with recording devices hidden in everyday objects, such as pens, watches, even water bottles. Physical surveillance equipment generates big money sales. USA-based market researchers MarketsandMarkets released a report last May (2020) which predicted that the global video surveillance market size would grow from USD45.5 billion in sales during 2020 to USD74.6 billion by 2025, at ...


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