Security

TeleSpy Motion Sensing Alarm Phone

This gadget would probably end up causing more harm than good. The phone has a sensor that can detect motion; if the sensor is set off the phone will dial a pre-designated number and let you listen to the room for 30 seconds. I’m no engineer, but if the phone detects motion, then is there…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Feb 1

DIY: iSight Outdoor Security Cam

Screw those X10 cameras—this is the real way to go. Jon Curwen has set up a little security/monitoring device in his back yard with a few cheap tools. He uses an iSight camera being powered and run by an old—technicolor G3 iBook old—Apple computer. The camera is placed inside a weatherproof housing with a FireWire…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 30

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, I Hunted You Down and Slammed You Against A Cop Car

DefenseTech is covering a pretty unique new system for hunting down folks on hours and hours of video tape or—more correctly—digital video. The system takes a few shots of any person and then combs any video feed for that person’s face, allowing hotels and other “high-security” areas to follow suspects throughout large buildings. Might be…

Privacy & Security Johnb Jan 25

Orbicule Undercover, Mac Security++

Meet Orbicule’s Undercover, the king of all laptop security software. This little piece of software has the ability to trace the location of lost or stolen Macs. Undercover will check with a big server to see if the computer is on the missing/stolen list. If it is, then IP information and screenshots will be collected…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 20

USB Security Lock

I might just be too much of a pessimist (like most writers here at Gizmodo), but how in the hell is this thing supposed to function? It works in the same manner as any other traditional locks, but it plugs into a USB port rather than something secure. Plug it in and turn the device…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Jan 19

Sanyo Phones for the Very Young and Very Old

Three new 3G mobile phones from “au” are coming on the market in Japan in February. The first is the compact and basic model A5518SA that carries a 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, infrared communication function, miniSD card slot and a dispersion type sound recognition function for “input by voice” (this is known as Hallo…

Privacy & Security Noah R Jan 13

Body Scanner (Total Recall: Part 2)

You may feel a little squeamish about going through this body scanner, but that’s the way things are going these days. And though it may dig into the whole privacy thing, you’ll find this piece of test equipment up and running at London’s Paddington station. Now it’s not just bags that will pass through it,…

Privacy & Security Tgrumet Jan 12

Car Stolen? Auto-TXT Shuts It Down

Thieves in the UK won’t get far stealing a car outfitted with this tech. It uses the car owner’s keys and cellphone as an identification method. Try to start the car without the cellphone and it gets marked as stolen. Police can then track the car and prevent it from restarting once it’s been turned…

Privacy & Security Gizmodo.com Dec 21

Video Touchscreen Home Security

HAI has long been known for its home automation and security products. Its latest and greatest offering is the OmniTouch with Video, an LCD touchscreen that can also access up to six digital video feeds from security cameras. The package is plug-and-playable with existing OmniTouch gear, but does require a power supply and HAI video…

Privacy & Security Noah R Dec 15

LG USB Key Alerts You When Lost

LG knows that sometimes we’re bound to be a klutz and will leave our USB key behind at school, work, or anywhere we happen to be with a computer. So now LG has released a trackable flash drive that will let you know what’s going on after you’ve lost it thanks to some software from…

Privacy & Security Gizmodo.com Nov 18

Keep Your Shoes, Take Lie Detector Test

Leave it to the Israelis to come up with a new way to check for terrorists. In addition to dropping your lighters in baskets and being scanned for knives, next time you fly you may be subjected to a walk-through airport lie detector test from the GK-1 voice analyzer. Already tested in Russia, you’ll be…

Gadgets Tgrumet Nov 18

Improved Airport Eye in the Sky

Massimo Piccardi (no relation to the good cap’n) and colleagues at the University of Technology in Sydney are developing a system that can more accurately monitor luggage is left all by its lonesome in airports via surveillance cameras. The current technology primarily relies on human eye’s to track people and their luggage, so errors can…

Privacy & Security Travis Hudson Nov 14

Airport Security Update: Please Do Not Remove Your Shoes At This Time

People get all worked up about taking off their shoes at the airport. When I get a chance to take off my shoes and relax, I always take it. Unfortunately, GE Security now has a device that scans shoes while they are on the person. Simply place your feet on the device, and a a…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 8

Planning Guerilla Warfare? Iran Can Help

Psst. Hey you! Over here in the dark alleyway, check out what I got! All kinds of goods from Iran’s army surplus. Wanna score some? How? Iran Electronic Industries: “Western Performance Eastern Price.” But don’t go looking for missiles and AK-47s from IEI as they specialize in communications, optics, electro optics, and “electronic warefare.” You’ll…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Nov 3

I-O Data Totebag USB Key and Lock

This pretty little thang you see is the latest USB key from I-O Data. The “Totebag” is a bit different from normal USB drives though, because aside from storing either 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB of your personal data, it also will lock up your PC when removed so no one can use it. Just install…

Privacy & Security Gizmodo.com Nov 2

Screw You RFID!

Some people bug out hardcore over privacy concerns. I can see how it’s justified in certain situations, but I really doubt RFID is the next hidden tracking device for consumers…as of right now. Anyways, if you’re really paranoid, you could make like Mike Sklar and built a faraday cage around the pocket. What the hell…

Privacy & Security Gizmodo.com Oct 19

Samsung Anycall: Fingerprint Protected

The one device that probably gets lost or stolen more than any other gadget is the cellphone. And with that misfortune comes the inevitable heartbreak of having lost all your contacts, as well as the potential misfortune of having your personal data misused. Samsung Korea, which appears to be barraging the world with news today…

Gadgets Gizmogo Oct 14

Biometric (In)Security

Siemens and Lufthansa announced that they have successfully tested a fingerprint recognition security system for use at airport check-in. This comes just days after a British prison admitted that its fingerprint recognition security system was hacked by inmates. Feel safer now? Eyes and fingers airport security [We Make Money Not Art] Fingerprint-Lock Failure In a…

Gadgets Noah R Oct 3

(Please) Hang Me With Electronic Rope

It is only a matter of time before everything around you has sensing capabilities. Thanks to Squid Labs, rope is the next material to get feelings. This group of ex-MIT grads has created electronically sensed rope that can be monitored via computer. With built in wear and load sensing, the rope will be able to…

Gadgets Coinop Sep 21

The Next Level of Security – BO Sensors

I’m going to let you all stare at that picture for a little while. Take about 5 seconds to really let it sink in. I had to look through pages and pages of pits to find that one special image, so be happy. So there’s RFID. And cameras. And armed guards. But what about a…

Gadgets Johnb Aug 2

TeleSpy Motion Sensing Alarm Phone

DIY: iSight Outdoor Security Cam

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, I Hunted You Down and Slammed You Against A Cop Car

Orbicule Undercover, Mac Security++

USB Security Lock

Sanyo Phones for the Very Young and Very Old

Body Scanner (Total Recall: Part 2)

Car Stolen? Auto-TXT Shuts It Down

Video Touchscreen Home Security

LG USB Key Alerts You When Lost

Keep Your Shoes, Take Lie Detector Test

Improved Airport Eye in the Sky

Airport Security Update: Please Do Not Remove Your Shoes At This Time

Planning Guerilla Warfare? Iran Can Help

I-O Data Totebag USB Key and Lock

Screw You RFID!

Samsung Anycall: Fingerprint Protected

Biometric (In)Security

(Please) Hang Me With Electronic Rope

The Next Level of Security – BO Sensors

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