How to discover a hidden camera at home

Most likely, you've heard a couple of stories about how a hidden camera was found, where it should by definition not be - in a public toilet, locker room or even a hotel room. There are many legitimate and legally valid reasons for installing hidden cameras:

• Protecting your business (point of sale, points of delivery, wardrobes in public places, etc.)
• Protection of a house or apartment (privately owned)
• Property monitoring in yards and adjacent territories
• Checking employees who work in your home (a nanny for your child, a cleaner or a janitor)

And while these (and many others) cameras are installed for completely legitimate purposes, there will always be those who use hidden cameras for nefarious purposes - first of all this is an invasion of the personal life of another person. And if you have suspicions about the leakage of personal information, then the chances are that you are being watched with the help of hidden cameras. Below are a few simple tips that can help you discover a hidden camera, the so-called "bookmarks" - this is how hidden surveillance devices are called.

Start with a physical examination of the room / room where you are looking for things that look out of place. Cameras are often built into things that can look ordinary and everyday, but they do not quite harmonize with the environment. Look at the clock that does not fit into the decor of the hotel room, accidentally left a teddy bear, or a massive vase in which cameras can hide. Since most hidden cameras require some kind of power source, pay attention to objects near the electrical outlets and to the sockets themselves.

Look for the red LED backlight from the lens. Infrared cameras for night shooting illuminate objects with LEDs, so if you turn on all the lights, sometimes you can easily see the glow in the place of "bookmarking", and immediately determine if there is a camera in the area. This method works in small rooms, like bedrooms and hotel rooms, because usually the light from the camera is very weak and close to the red or purple spectrum. This way to find a video camera in the house is not easy, but it is possible - you need to be close enough to the very source of light to consider it.

Use the camera of your mobile phone. Carefully view the entire room through the camera lens of the cell phone. IR illumination on hidden installations will give "light" images on your phone and you can easily detect a hidden camera illegally installed in the room.

Remember, whether someone has recently given you any electronic devices: flash drives, radios, cell phones and other gadgets. Miniature video camera in the form of a USB flash drive, ballpoint pen or magnet on the refrigerator today is not uncommon. The development of technologies does not stand still and video surveillance tools are rapidly decreasing in size simultaneously with the fall in prices for them. Inspect your "gifts" more closely - perhaps it is in them that the threat lies.

Refer to professionals who, with the help of special equipment, will make radio frequencies indoors. Since the camera recording video should somehow transmit the footage - usually a radio channel is used for this. To detect such a data transfer, just help radio frequency scanners. It is worth such a service is very inexpensive, and if there is a firm belief that you are being watched, then it is worth using it.

If you want to find hidden cameras in your home or hope to detect signs of video surveillance in hotels when you travel, follow these simple tips and you can avoid the threat of potentially becoming a victim of a hidden video. Always remember that the organization of video surveillance in a hotel or other public places should be accompanied by information materials (posters, stickers, advertisements). If you are not warned about video filming, then it's illegal and you have every reason to go to court!