Damn, paranoids and perverts sure have a ton of ways to spy on you these days, but putting a spy camera in a tissue box somehow seems creepier than most of the spy gadgets we feature here. Maybe because it looks extra innocent.

Looks are deceiving. Inside there is a camera that takes color footage during the day and black and white footage at night at a resolution of 720×480 at 30fps. It uses SD cards to store your footage, and can be programmed to activate automatically at a certain time.

We’ve seen our share of spy gadgets, but the problem has always been that most objects do not resemble the real thing and so are useless. This one on the other hand looks just like a real Coke can and so should fool just about anyone.

These fake Coke cans have a camera and DVR built inside. It even goes so far as to have a fake bottom that can be removed to reveal the USB port and on-off switch. Not good enough for you? How about a remote control so that it can be started and stopped from a distance.

We’ve seen plenty of spy cameras, but this one takes the form of something more commonplace that many of us have clipped to our persons. A fake iPod shuffle. The “Mini MP3 Cam DVR” as it’s called is an old shuffle lookalike with a 1.3-megapixel video camera, a TF slot and a rechargeable battery.

Once you turn it on, this small spy cam begins recording 640 x 480 20fps AVI video or taking JPEG shots. You can retrieve them via USB. No one will suspect that you are spying on them.

If you want to spy on someone you can’t use a regular camera, that’s spy 101. It has to be in disguise. And this calculator video camera is perfect, It has a hidden wireless camera on the side so that you can discreetly record video and audio of your subject.

It comes with a digital receiver that has a built in LCD screen so you can see what the calculator video camera sees.

This device will give you some peace of mind while you slack off at work. The Wi-Spi EX30 features an ultra-thin Wireless LCD Video Monitor that lets you see what’s happening in the next room, outside your cubicle, or even behind you while you’re working. You don’t want your boss sneaking up on you after all.

Just mount it on the side of your computer monitor and you’ll be able to visually see when anyone approaches. The Wi-Spi’s camera is smaller than a pack of cigarettes and will wirelessly stream footage back to the LCD screen, which is cool. But it can also simultaneously record footage onto an SD card.

The SIM Card Spy Elite is a ‘deep forensic’ data recovery tool for mobile phone SIM cards. It’s for when you may have accidentally deleted items on your SIM card and need to recover them. The $199.95 SIM Card Spy Elite is capable of extracting data from nearly any SIM and is compatible with Smart Cards, allowing you to review all data on your computer.

Stuff like deleted text messages, phonebook contacts and phone logs. This one is also good if you are just plain paranoid. Maybe you are suspicious of your spouse or suspect that your daughter is going out with that guy you forbid her from dating. If you need to be like a spy, it may be worth the purchase.

The Sony Dream Machine Spy Camera is a spy camera made to look like your typical clock, just uglier. The camera records high quality real-time video with an automatic switching nightvision camera that activates the moment it gets dark for nightvision up to 30 ft. away.

It will also record real-time motion-activated video or high resolution stills on an SD card that’s in a hidden compartment. It will cost you a whopping $599.95.

We’ve seen plenty of fake lighter spy cameras, but most either look fake or are in Zippo form. This one takes the form of a more generic disposable lighter. It’s a camera, a camcorder and a USB Drive with a 4GB capacity.

The device features a rechargeable Li-ion Battery. Just press-to-record. Some specs include a Pinhole Lens, 1280 x 1024 resolution, Color Video Resolution: 640 x 480, 25 frames per second. Supports JPEG for images and
AVI for video.

The SIM Card Spy Ear Power Strip is a fully working 8–way power strip. But it’s so much more. It also contains a rechargeable battery and a tri-band mobile phone transmitter. Just put in your choice of SIM card, plug the unit into a wall socket, someplace where your enemy is residing, then dial the SIM number on your mobile phone and you’re in. Instant eavesdropping.

It won’t work with 3G networks. $66.00 is a bargain in the spy world. As usual, you just have to pray that your enemy does not read tech blogs or else he might be onto you.

Check out this ultra patriotic lighter. If you need to display your love of country every time you light up, this is the lighter for you. The bonus is that it is also a spy camera. Ajoka’s cigarette lighter video camera records 640 x 480 QVGA in AVI format at 30 frames per second and supports microSD up to 8GB.

If American Dad was real and not a cartoon, this is what Stan would be carrying around. It features a lithium ion battery for 6 hours of filming and can be charged via USB. And yes, it works as a lighter. If you know a ton of spys, you can order these wholesale for $150 each.

The PennyCam from StealthVue is a hidden camera that captures upwardly-angled pictures. It’s best used on the counter of a corner store, snapping a clear identifiable photo of the person’s face. The cam is in a Take-A-Penny, Leave-A-Penny tray, and is connected to a DVR with a standard BNC cable that is below the counter.

It’s powered by a 12V adapter, and will capture images in 500 x 582 resolution thanks to the 0.33″ Sony CCD image sensor. The StealthVue PennyCam will cost you $199. Once you have it, you can confront them with the evidence. “You took a penny, but never left a penny.” “No I didn’t” Then show them the proof. You’ll never again have to be taken advantage of by penny tray abusers.

These days it’s easy to be your own detective. No need to hire a Magnum PI or some other guy who had a show in the 80’s, just to tell you if your wife is having an affair or not. Paraben’s Cell Seizure Investigator (CSI) stick will tell you. It does have the potential to wreck lives, so it comes with a warning “buy it with discretion.” With this gadget, you can get all the dirt you need for a personal forensic analysis.

That includes sent and received SMS’s, contacts, and call list. The device is only compatible with a few mobile phones at the moment, from Samsung and Motorola. Using adaptors, the manufacturer hopes to expand that compatibility. The forensic analysis of the data can be carried out with PC-based forensic software provided.

Talk about your sneaky spy gadgets… The TeleSpy Intrusion Detector looks like a standard home telephone when in reality its a motion detector, microphone and secret dialer all in one.

This unassuming phone has a built in infrared motion sensor that’s able to cover 45 degrees at the direction it’s aiming in a room, waiting for any movement. When motion is sensed the TeleSpy will call up a single, pre-programmed number and then turn on the microphone for whoever answers to listen to what’s going on. The TeleSpy phone stays connected for 30 seconds and then hangs up and re-arms itself waiting for the next movement.

If you have a reason to follow someone around and eavesdrop in on their conversations — or heck, even if you don’t — what better way to say “privacy shrivacy” than with the Micro Agent Listener. This compact gadget has an 12-inch extendable microphone on one end so you can stand around one side of the corner while hearing all of the dirt that’s being said on the other side. Of course it comes with an earclip but you will still look like a dork if you wear it like that plus you will blow your cover at the same time.

The listener also has an automatic volume limiter that will stop the relay of louder noises, handy when you’re on surveillance on a construction site, by a busy freeway or when your about-to-be-ex-girlfriend catches you following her. It’s powered by one button …

With these Lazer Trip Wires you can set up an invisible perimeter to alert your of any unwanted invasions of your “space”. The devices don’t actually use real laser beams (hence the spelling ‘lazer’), but use infrared beams to create an invisible trip wire that sets off an alarm when anyone crosses it.

The kit comes with three devices, one main and two secondary units that each send and detect a beam. You can set up two that point at each other or all three or more to create a perimeter. Each has an adjustment to compensate for the ambient light and once armed a voice indicates “System Armed”. When any of the infrared beams are broken an audible alarm is triggered alerting you of the security breach.

The Lazer Trip Wire kit also comes with a misting bottle that you can use …