High-tech illegal electronic penetration, as used for identify theft and electronic surveillance, jeopardizes and undermines the health, spirit, freedom and integrity of the people of the United States of America.
Although illegal electronic penetration may not seem to be an emergency medical issue, it is well known to induce symptoms of depression, anxiety and hypertension, which can lead to an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.
Thus, it is imperative for people to take precautions and protect themselves from illegal electronic penetration.
Identity theft became a federal offense in 1998 when Congress passed the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, allowing the Justice Department to prosecute cases of identity theft, which is currently one of the fastest growing crimes, affecting nearly one million people annually in the United States.
Surprisingly, most identity theft results from trash snooping, and not illegal electronic penetration. In fact, nearly 75 percent of all identity theft cases originates from discarded trash. Therefore, the most effective way of preventing identity theft is to shred or destroy any documents that contain personal information before discarding them.
Illegal electronic penetration of vulnerable computer files can be prevented by using firewall protection programs, by frequently updating virus protection software and by never downloading files from strangers. Also, computer hard drives, floppy disks, and other electronic devices containing personal information should be destroyed before being discarded.
A van Eck eavesdropping device, which spies on computer monitors from nearly a half mile away, picks up electromagnetic radiation signals generated by computer monitors and displays the same signals on the snoopers screen. The van Eck system is easily conquered; however, by restricting your computer use to areas underground, inside vaults, or within grounded metal boxes. Some very expensive computers are designed to prevent transmission of electromagnetic radiation signals.
Management spying on employees, big business snooping on competition, and law firms eavesdropping on adversaries, are just a few scenarios where illegal electronic penetration is prevalent. But its equally common among neighbors and curious spouses.
The three basic areas to search if you suspect someone might be using surveillance equipment against you include your telephone, inside your home or office, and outside your home or office.
Techniques of intercepting telephone conversations are numerous, including the hookswitch bypass, down-line phone taps, direct connection, resistance bypass, infinity transmitter, as well as a cellular radio monitoring system that automatically changes frequency, trailing a target phone as it moves from one cell to another.
And yet, because of the difficulty of uncovering some telephone-bugging techniques, it is recommended that people, till doomsday, refrain from discussing personal or secret information over any telephone.
Locating illegal electronic penetration devices in your home requires a careful physical and electronic sweep, inspecting carefully for small wires, microphones, batteries and printed circuit boards that seem out of place. Search diligently, including in lamps, behind wall plugs, under furniture, in curtains and drapery, around edges of carpet, between the spine and cover of large books, and in crawl spaces, attics and drop ceilings. Also, use an electromagnetic spectrum analyzer to pinpoint the location of radio frequency transmitters.
Locating electronic penetration devices deriving from outside your home requires the use of electronic defensive equipment such as the spectrum analyzer, which can detect lasers and microwaves.
One of the most difficult electronic penetration devices to detect is the light modulator, which uses a microphone inside an ordinary light bulb. The microphone picks up sound, causing the voltage in the bulb to vary in relation to sound. The variations in light, although not detectable by the human eye, can be observed through a telescope from several blocks away and transformed with sensitive equipment back into soundwaves.
The United States Patriot Acts Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies section allows the US government to compensate landlords, custodians or other persons with cash if they accommodate law enforcement agencies in setting up electronic penetration devices and providing technical assistance in gathering and obtaining information on residents through surveillance.
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