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Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings ar(...)
Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings ar(...)

Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings ar(...)

Date7/18/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Conference rooms of many large corporations are regularly swept by electronic experts to uncover eavesdropping devices before confidential meetings are held. In one case; an investigator discovered 15 dead bugs during his search. Some devices can be planted without even entering room.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019871F
Surveyance devices: A wiretap project costs, on average, more than $100,000 for a 60-day investigation
Surveyance devices: A wiretap project costs, on average, more than $100,000 for a 60-day investigation
7/18/1968
Any Bugs? Samuel W. Daskam of a U.S. firm demonstrates a detector that tracks eavesdropping devices. It's part of an exhibit at the Toronto Hilton Hotel
Any Bugs? Samuel W. Daskam of a U.S. firm demonstrates a detector that tracks eavesdropping devices. It's part of an exhibit at the Toronto Hilton Hotel
4/6/1988
Listening Device, and place it was found in window well in alley beside union headquarters, are shown by union president Terry Ribeca as Antonia Saxida watches
Listening Device, and place it was found in window well in alley beside union headquarters, are shown by union president Terry Ribeca as Antonia Saxida watches
10/13/1971
Nosing around: Neill Reid, Sciex marketing vice-president, shows off part of his company's Condor device, an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives
Nosing around: Neill Reid, Sciex marketing vice-president, shows off part of his company's Condor device, an electronic nose designed to uncover 64 types of drugs and explosives
10/20/1987
Keeping time: I couldn't do without them, Ethel Date says of devices such as her brailie watch and large print clock, both courtesy of the CNIB
Keeping time: I couldn't do without them, Ethel Date says of devices such as her brailie watch and large print clock, both courtesy of the CNIB
1/30/1992
Mrs. Tommy Douglas accompanies her husband to coffee parties, political meetings, committee rooms, wherever she's needed in his campaigns. Irma Dougla(...)
Mrs. Tommy Douglas accompanies her husband to coffee parties, political meetings, committee rooms, wherever she's needed in his campaigns. Irma Dougla(...)
3/12/1963
Wire-Tapping equipment and tape recorder allegedly used to eavesdrop on telephone lines of International Chemical Workers strike headquarters are exam(...)
Wire-Tapping equipment and tape recorder allegedly used to eavesdrop on telephone lines of International Chemical Workers strike headquarters are exam(...)
10/9/1971
'Bugs' are sophisticated .... and tiny, like pen, lapel button
'Bugs' are sophisticated .... and tiny, like pen, lapel button
7/18/1968
This wiretap equipment was used to tap telephone calls to their strike headquarters, members of Local 688, United Chemical Workers, say. They claim s(...)
This wiretap equipment was used to tap telephone calls to their strike headquarters, members of Local 688, United Chemical Workers, say. They claim s(...)
10/11/1971
Harnett
Harnett
8/24/1968
To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett, proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop, demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a(...)
To baffle wiretappers Ron Plunkett, proprietor of Canada's first across the-counter bug shop, demonstrates the telephone scrambler he sells for $850 a(...)
7/18/1968
Wrist watch, It's also a microphone
Wrist watch, It's also a microphone
7/18/1968