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Industrial espionage or corporate espionage is espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of national security purposes.

The term is distinct from legal and ethical activities such as examining corporate publications, websites, patent filings, and the like to determine the activities of a corporation (this is normally referred to as competitive intelligence). Theoretically the difference between espionage and legal information gathering is clear. In practice, it is quite difficult to sometimes tell the difference between legal and illegal methods. Especially if one starts to consider the ethical side of information gathering, the border becomes even more blurred and elusive of definition.

Industrial espionage describes activities such as theft of trade secrets, bribery, blackmail, and technological surveillance. As well as spying on commercial organizations, governments can also be targets of commercial espionage—for example, to determine the terms of a tender for a government contract so that another tenderer can underbid.

Industrial espionage is most commonly associated with technology-heavy industries, particularly the computer and automobile sectors.

Espionage takes place in many forms. In short, the purpose of espionage is to gather knowledge about (an) organization(s). A spy may be hired, or may work for oneself.

 

 

Spy Phones

Spy Phone is name used for cellular and mobile phones that have been converted for the purpose of eavesdropping on room conversations without the cell phone owner’s knowledge. Typically the cell phones that can be easily converted to a Spy Phone are manufactured by Nokia and Siemens. These select mobile phones can be programmed so that when a pre-programmed telephone number dials the cellular phone, it automatically answers without ringing and activates the cell phone’s internal speakerphone. The Spy Phone display appears as if in the normal standby mode.

Another popular name for the cell Spy Phone is a cellular infinity transmitter. The Spy Phone is used in domestic eavesdropping, as well as being used as a “leave behind” device for the purpose of industrial espionage.

Recently, www.thespyphone.com has released a software product that claims that it can be used to intercept both sides of a cellular telephone conversations on the cell phones the software is installed on.

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