1001 Hidden Camera

Taking video camera without people’s knowledge called as hidden camera. Closed Circuit Television or CCTV is known as one type of hidden camera. Closed Circuit Television is the use of video cameras to transmit signal to a specific, limited set of monitors. CCTV is often used for surveillance in areas that need monitoring such as banks, casinos, airports, military installations and convenience stores.

Increasing use of CCTV in public places has caused debate over public surveillance versus privacy. In industrial plants, CCTV equipment may be used to observe parts of a process that are remote from a control room, or where the environment is not comfortable for humans. CCTV systems may operate continuously or only as required to monitor a particular event.

The most measurable effect of CCTV is not on rime prevention, but on detection and prosecution. Several notable murder cases have been solved with the use of CCTV evidence, notably the James Bulger case, and catching David Copeland, the Soho nail bomber. The use of CCTV tot rack the movements of missing children are now routinely.