Lots of interesting stories in the news recently about hidden CCTV systems, both in the home and out in public.

Sheffield City Council's Licensing Committee are considering making cameras compulsory in all private hire cars after taxi driver, Arshad Mahmood lost an eye in an attack by a passenger with a glass bottle.

This was trialled back in 2007 when it cost the Council an average of £212 per taxi but it is thought that more modern CCTV systems which are specifically designed for taxis could be almost three times that.

In Malaysia, a man used his mobile phone to log in to the CCTV system at his home and saw his new maid stealing money from his daughter's piggy bank.

Others are using these hidden surveillance devices to check up on those responsible for childcare, as well as to see if their teenagers are doing their homework or playing computer games.

And finally, a report in The Guardian talks of a WikiLeaks revelation that the US Department of Homeland Security is now able to call on a system called Trapwire which uses data from a network of CCTV systems and number plate readers to determine the threat level in any location.

This data includes facial recognition and it is claimed the new Trapwire technology can also identify suspicious behaviour from a person's gait.

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