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Security Practices and Security Culture
Warning Signs of Covert Eavesdropping or Bugging

  • You have noticed strange sounds or volume changes on your phone lines.
  • You have noticed static, popping, or scratching on your phone lines.
  • You can hear sounds coming from your phone's handset when it's hung up.
  • Your phone often rings and nobody is there or a tone/beep is heard.
  • Your radio or television has suddenly developed strange interference.
  • Secret meetings and/or bids seem to be less than secret.
  • People seem to know your activities when they shouldn't.
  • You have been the victim of a burglary, but nothing was taken.
  • Electrical wall plates appear to have been moved slightly or "jarred."
  • Dime-sized discoloration has suddenly appeared on the wall paint.
  • White dry-wall dust/debris is noticed on the floor next to the wall.
  • Small pieces of ceiling tiles, or "grit" is noticed on the floor, or on the surface area of your desk.
  • Nails and screws previously covered with paint are scraped off or loose.
  • You notice that the phone company trucks/"employees" are spending a lot of time doing repair work near your home or office.
  • Telephone, cable, plumbing, or air conditioning repair people show up to do work when no one had called them.
  • Your door locks suddenly don't "feel right" or are broken.
  • Furniture has been moved slightly, and no one knows why.
  • Service or delivery trucks are often parked nearby with nobody in them.
  • Things "seem" to have been rummaged through, but nothing is missing.
  • Certain types of items have "just appeared" in your office of home, but nobody seems to know how they got there.
  • Indoor pets are mysteriously let outside.
 
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