TrueSpyTech covers monitoring and recording hardware: dash cams, GPS trackers, hidden cameras and the detectors that find them, voice recorders, and the laws that decide whether using any of them is legal where you live. This page explains how each article is put together and what the site does not do.
What we do not do
This site does not operate a test lab and does not buy every device it writes about. No article here rests on footage we recorded or a tracker we hid in our own car. Any performance figure you read, whether it is a battery life, a resolution, a bitrate or a detection range, is the manufacturer’s stated figure, and the article says so. Where owners consistently report something different from the spec sheet, the article says that too.
We are not lawyers. The legal sections describe how the rules generally work and where they differ, and they point you to the statute or a lawyer for your own situation.
Where the information comes from
Manufacturer documentation first: spec sheets, user manuals, firmware release notes, published app privacy policies and permission lists, warranty terms. A large part of what matters about a monitoring device, such as whether a dash cam overwrites parking-mode clips or whether a tracker needs a subscription to show a location, is written in the manual and left out of the listing.
Then primary legal sources: state statutes on recording consent and tracking, published court decisions, and guidance from the agencies that regulate the airwaves and consumer products. Laws change, so an article gives the general rule and the direction of travel rather than a table it cannot keep current.
Then the ownership record: verified-purchase reviews, owner forums, support threads, read for repetition. A single complaint about a dropped connection is noise. The same complaint across hundreds of owners, in the same conditions, is a characteristic of the device and goes in the article.
How products get picked
A device makes it into an article when it is widely sold, has enough owner history to show a pattern, and its maker’s claims can be checked against its own documentation. Devices that are too new or too obscure to have that record are left out. No manufacturer pays for placement or sends review units. Where the evidence for a claim is thin, the article says the evidence is thin rather than filling the gap.
Verdicts are settled before affiliate links are added. If a product loses its place, its link goes with it.
Affiliate links
Buying through a link on this site may earn us a commission from Amazon at no extra cost to you. The rate does not depend on which product you choose, so an article can recommend the cheaper option and mean it.
Corrections
If an article states something that is wrong, out of date, or contradicted by the manufacturer’s current documentation or a change in the law, email contact@truespytech.com with the URL and what needs to change. Corrections come before new articles.