Abstract: A system for providing a security capability for an electronic information reproducing device mounted within a housing, such as a floppy disk mounted in a jacket or a tape in a 3480 tape cartridge, by attaching an electronic surveillance tag to an inner surface of the housing during its manufacture so that the electronic surveillance tag cannot be easily removed from within the floppy disk or 3480 tape cartridge without destroying it and is not visible from outside of the housing and an electronic drive means having an electronic circuit for detecting the presence or absence of an electric surveillance tag and generating a signal in response to such presence or absence.