Kid Rock is a rock star who parties with strippers and brawls at the Waffle House. Who wouldn't want to spy on him? Kid claims on his website that his security man found a hidden camera in his dressing room at Myth nightclub in Minneapolis after playing a gig there. He says his man "discovered the device before the show and alerted the authorities, who are now investigating." American badass, indeed!

TMZ spoke with the head of Kid's security, Little Bear, who runs the spy equipment website, SpyOps.net. Little Bear sent us the photos above, which show a blue cable plugged into a port marked "NET" on the back of the box that was hooked up to the camera. He believes it was set up to broadcast on the Internet or to be recorded at another location.

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1. Others know your confidential business or professional trade secrets. 
   This is the most obvious indicator of covert eavesdropping activities. Theft of confidential information is a multi-billion dollar underground industry in the United States. Often the loss of your secrets will show up in very subtle ways so you should always trust your instincts in this matter. When your competitors know things that are obviously private, or the media finds out about things they should not know, then it is reasonable to suspect technical eavesdropping or bugging.

2. Secret meetings and bids seem to be less than secret. 
   Confidential meetings and bids are very popular targets for corporate spies. How would you like the plans for the corporate takeovers you're planning to become public knowledge? Would copies of your product designs be of any use to your competitors? Would it be beneficial for your competitors to know how much you're quoting for the same project?

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Bored: I'd say this is the most common reason that people cheat.It's tough to keep that edge throughout a relationship. Things start off grand and then level off and then you both realize that it's still real life. When you meet someone else, that inaugural excitement of a new relationship kicks back in.

Dependence: At first glance, cheating seems like independent behavior. It could be interpreted as doing what you want, when you want. But I would argue that cheating is a dependent behavior. A cheater is dependent because they are not strong enough to break up with their significant other in order to get with the new person.

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There are many reasons why organizations have the desire to spy on each other. It is difficult to statistically assess how often governments, industries, and individuals are victims of illegal and unwanted surveillance. Evidence of surveillance is often suppressed to avoid publicity or, in some cases, alerting the spy. Most organizations are unaware that criminal surveillance has had an affect on the success and mission of the organization. Here are just a few examples of reasons for Counter surveillance...

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