The club I hang out at has put cameras in the VIP
area. I have to admit I’m a little creep’d out by them, I’m not sure why. It’s
not like I’m going to get black mailed over anything. Strip clubs are still at
the edges of acceptance in society and now there is an unambiguous record of me
in one.
Not like writing a blog for five years hasn’t left a trail.
But I have the illusion of control with my blog. I can make it harder to find. There is no take back’s on the
internet though. Go to www.archive.org and type
in a URL. You can find a lot of old web site information this way. A lot of folks were using archive.org when the AngryStripper temporarily took her blog off line to read her old blogs. In one form or another, the information is there forever once you post it. Honestly, nobody at
my work or in family would really care but there is always that uncertainty. The unknown is usually scarier than any
possible reality though.
The setup they have at the club is wireless, which makes me wonder if
they’re using any sort of encryption on the data stream. They could be
broadcasting all the goings on in the VIP to
the local area, with sound. Some wireless cameras can broadcast up to 150ft.
That might shock the nearby neighbors who are setting up their video baby monitor.
They might get treated to a free VIP show. It
will make it easy for the police, they can just park out front and record it on
a DVR. Hopefully they have some sort of encryption on the signal so what happens in the VIP room stays in the VIP room.
Time will tell I guess. Of course they have the infrared (IR) night
vision in the VIP. I was able to see it with my phone. If you want to learn a poor man’s secret agent trick there is a way to find IR spot lighting. IR is invisible to the human eye. A lot of security cameras come with banks IR LEDs so they can light up the room for the camera with people being able to see it. The camera senor on your phone can see the IR lighting though. To test this just look at the IR
LED on your TV remote control through your self phone camera, like you are
going to take a picture of it. Then push a button on the remote. You can see
the LED flash on your cell phone camera, but you can't see it with your eye. You can use your cell phone to search
for hidden IR cameras. Just turn out the light and look around the room with
the cell phone camera. The IR lighting will glow really bright.
I suppose I’ll eventually forget about them. A middle aged
man at a strip club is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Some times it
pays to be boring.
Even if you're not in the VIP room breaking any rules, it naturally feels like a violation knowing someone is monitoring you remotely. The phrase "private dance" becomes a mockery. At my club, the Champagne Room has been under video surveillance for years (I was just there Saturday and thanks to your tip I was able to use my phone to confirm the location of IR lights). The CR hostess views the goings-on through monitors right at the bar. Once or twice on quiet afternoons, when left unattended, I've taken a peek at them, just to see what they can see. I was chagrined to discover that the picture quality is crisp and bright, even though the room itself is nearly pitch black! The cameras can see more than the customers and dancers see. More distressing still is to see the hostess conferring with bar-backs delivering ice as well as other club staff in reference to what they're seeing on the screen. So buyer beware -- your privacy is definitely tossed out the window when you enter the premises.
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