Ears and Eyes moves to the No Trace Project!

Starting today, the Ears and Eyes project is now hosted by the No Trace Project. The present website will not be updated anymore. The new address is:

https://notrace.how/earsandeyes

This new website has a modern design, is easier for us to update and brings advanced search features to our database, allowing you to filter and search through our 100 cases of surveillance devices hidden by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Feel free to check out No Trace Project’s other tools, including their database of resources on targeted surveillance and their Threat Library (a threat modeling tool for anarchists).

As usual, you can get in touch with us if you have feedback, criticisms or information to give us. We also welcome translations in any languages. You can now contact us at No Trace Project’s email address – notrace@autistici.org – or use our old address if you prefer.

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Three cameras found overlooking a wagenplatz in Bremen (Germany)

Source: https://de.indymedia.org/node/264148

In December 2022, three surveillance cameras were found in a building, pointed towards the entrance of a wagenplatz (a leftist political community where people live in trailers). They were located in a locked room, on the sixth floor of a building close to the wagenplatz – the building in question was vacant, except for the first floor which was occupied by a leftist cultural project. One of the cameras was a “Sony ISO 409600 Extreme Sensitivety 4K” with a high-grade “Sony SEL 600mm F4 GM OSS E-mount” telephoto lens. The two other cameras were IP cameras of model “Panasonic WV-S6131”.

All three cameras were connected to a “G-ST 500+/8R Gscope055” video management device marketed by german company Geutebrück, which was equipped with a Telekom SIM card and a 2 TB SSD. The SSD contained video files dated from November and December 2022 in the GBF (Geutebrück Backup File) format, which can only be opened with the company’s proprietary software. There were three files per day, each of which could be assigned to a camera. The file sizes indicated long-term and continuous video surveillance.

Another drive located in the room (of model “Samsung Portable SSD T5”) contained additional GBF video files dated from September and October 2022, as well as two images taken by the IP cameras dated from August 2022 and showing the entrance of the wagenplatz, people and vehicles.

The whole installation was powered from a wall socket using an “Antrax SwitchBox-GSM” device which contained another Telekom SIM card, allowing the installation to be powered on and off through the mobile phone network. The IP cameras were powered by the video management device through Ethernet (using a “Delock Gigabit PoE+ Splitter” device).

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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Two cameras found in the streets in Dijon (France)

Source: https://dijoncter.info/surveillance-policiere-des-cameras-decouvertes-aux-tanneries-et-aux-lentilleres-4299

Two cameras were found in the streets, near self-managed political places. Each camera was in a box attached to an electric pole. They were able to film the entrances and surroundings of the places. They were present – possibly on and off – since 2019. After the discovery of the first camera, the second one was removed by the State intelligence services.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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A microphone found in an anarchist space in Foligno (Italy)

Source: https://infernourbano.altervista.org/foligno-rinvenuta-una-microspia-presso-il-circolo-anarchico-la-faglia

A microphone was found in an anarchist space in Foligno (Italy). The device was hidden inside a power outlet. It was equipped with a microphone, two antennas, a SIM card, a memory card and a battery.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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A camera and a microphone found on a bike in Bavaria (Germany)

Source: https://aufstand.blackblogs.org/2022/11/28/bayern-kamera-und-mikro-vor-wohnung-gefunden

A camera and a microphone were found on a bike in Bavaria, Germany. They were hidden under the bike seat, inside a container resembling a tool kit. The device consisted of a main unit (~ 12 x 12 x 0.5 cm) connected to a camera (max 1 x 1 x 1 cm), a microphone, a battery (25 x 5 x 4 cm, Li-ion, 3.7 V, 60 Wh, 16.0 Ah), a modem (EM7565 Sierra Wireless), a SIM card (Telekom), a GSM antenna and a 4G antenna (Antenova SR4L002). The camera pointed outwards through a very small hole, directed at the entrance of the home under surveillance – it was impossible to identify it with the naked eye. A few minutes after the surveillance device was spotted and removed, the suspected spies came to retrieve their bike.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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A microphone found in a flat in Rome (Italy)

Source: https://lanemesi.noblogs.org/post/2022/11/19/stessa-storia-stesso-posto-stesso-baracchino-rinvenimento-di-una-microspia-in-un-appartamento-di-roma

A microphone was found in a flat in Rome, Italy. It was hidden on the back of the kitchen oven. It was powered by the oven electrical supply, and was also equipped with a battery.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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Two GPS trackers found under a vehicle in Berlin (Germany)

Source: de.indymedia.org/node/215986

Two GPS trackers were found under a vehicle in Berlin, Germany (the second one was found a few days after the first one was found and removed). They were attached with strong magnets in a hollow space between the plastic covering of the bumper and the body, precisely behind the left rear wheel. Each tracker consisted of two metal cases connected by a cable. The first one contained a battery pack, and the second one the tracker itself, including a smaller battery, two antennas, and a SIM card.

The pictures of the device show that a tracker of model NavKos T, marketed by the german company DESAG Telematic, was part of the device. This suggests that the device was supplied by the german company DESAG Telematic.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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Recent product catalogs for three surveillance companies: Gedion, Nautics Group and Sonic Communications

Some days ago, transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published recent product catalogs for three companies marketing covert surveillance devices to law enforcement agencies. This is, as far as we know, the first public leak of such catalogs since the Spy Files – a large collection of documents leaked from 2011 to 2014 by Wikileaks.

The catalogs can be downloaded through a torrent file or magnet link on DDoSecrets website, or directly using the links below:

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An audio surveillance device found in the Libertad anarchist library in Paris (France)

Source: https://bibliothequelibertad.noblogs.org/post/2022/04/02/un-micro-trouve-a-la-bibliotheque-anarchiste-libertad

An audio surveillance device was found in the Libertad anarchist library in Paris, France. The device was hidden inside the printer-copier of the library. It was composed of two microphones, an antenna, a transformer, a battery, a small box containing an electronic card, a 64 GB SD card and a SIM card from the cell phone provider Orange.

According to the communique which announced the discovery of the device, it was a surveillance device of model RB800 marketed by the italian company Innova. The product description of the RB800 device can be downloaded here.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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A surveillance camera found outdoors in Sevreau (France)

Source: https://attaque.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/18/sevreau-deux-sevres-les-yeux-indiscrets-de-la-flicaille-scrutent-les-opposant-e-s-aux-bassines

A surveillance camera was found at the entrance of the village, pointed towards the home of an environmental activist. The camera, barely emerging from the ground, was covered with brambles and grass. It was connected to a Pepwave router and to two cases containing high-tech lithium batteries labeled Accuwatt, hidden in a ditch, under a tarp and a camouflage net.

The case has been added to our list of surveillance devices, which can be downloaded here.

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