Sean O'Meara

Concealing a surveillance camera can be trickier than you might think. If you want to keep your camera out of sight and avoid rousing any suspicion, you’ll need to know a few tricks as well as the main mistakes to avoid. The worst places to hide a camera Whatever you do, don’t fall foul of these rookie camera-hiding mistakes: Behind...

There are many useful applications for spy cameras, including the protection of relatives and loved ones. Surveillance cameras and other monitoring systems have been and still are used in care homes, installed by worried people wanting to make doubly sure that their elderly or disabled relatives are receiving the high standard of care they are entitled to. However, the use...

The best kinds of hidden cameras are those that are just that – hidden, and hard to find. Most people wouldn’t even be aware that a surveillance camera was in the same room as them, because many types are either so small they avoid detection, or are cleverly disguised as common household objects. Of course, most of us will never...

It’s normal and natural to worry about your baby at night, especially if you’re a brand new parent and every pause in breathing or unusual noise can be terrifying. Luckily, this is why baby monitors exist, to give you peace of mind that everything is as it should be and alerting you to any issues. Baby monitors come in a...

With the internet such a big part of modern family life, what your children get up to online when you’re not around can be a huge source of worry. Without becoming too paranoid, there are lots of potential concerns about unsupervised teens using the internet on their laptops and smartphones, including: Viewing adult or otherwise unsuitable material Exposure to negative...

According to recent research, the average number of accounts registered to one UK email address is a staggering 118. We each forget around 37 passwords a year, according to the number of ‘forgot password’ emails the researchers at online security solutions company Dashlane found when rummaging around in the inboxes of over 20,000 participants. More worrying, the typical UK internet...

If you’ve just bought a new car or kitted out all of your employees with new company vehicles, it’s only naturally to have concerns about keeping you new cars safe. A vehicle is a valuable commodity after all, which could potentially make it a target for thieves. To help you rest easier at night, you don’t need a Fort Knox-style...

Thanks to fantastic new technology, it’s now easier than ever to record conversations and phone calls. There are some rules to follow to ensure that you’re on the right side of the law, such as only recording calls on your own phone, keeping the data private and only using the recording for its intended purpose. If you’ve never considered it...

Workplace surveillance can have many benefits, both for employers and staff, but it can be a tricky issue to navigate. As an employer, you naturally want to protect the business and keep a close eye on its day-to-day running, but you don’t want to upset anyone. The last thing you want to do is to make your employees feel that...

Accidentally inviting a cowboy builder into your home to wreak havoc and then disappear with your money is everyone’s worst nightmare, as is buying a product or service and discovering you’ve not got anything near the quality you paid for. We all hope it won’t happen to us, but research from 2015 revealed that four out of ten British people...