Tips for using your phone to detect hidden cameras in motel rooms

The phenomenon of some bad guys installing hidden cameras in hotel rooms to steal customers' private information has happened before and makes many people still feel nervous when renting a room.

Hotel owners are not "crazy" enough to install hidden cameras, but no one can guarantee that there won't be any bad guys playing tricks on you at the place you visit.

Tips for using your phone to detect hidden cameras in motel rooms. (Illustration photo)

Mobile phones can be an extremely useful device to help you detect hidden cameras easily and quickly. You can apply 4 ways to detect hidden cameras using your phone according to the following instructions.

Hear a buzzing sound when making phone calls

When you enter the room, turn on the phone to call someone. While calling, you go through the locations suspected of having cameras. If the phone can emit a buzzing sound, it may have a camera because when the phone is active, it will encounter electromagnetic signals such as cameras, there will be buzzing and buzzing sounds.

Turn on the phone's Flash to check

Hidden cameras installed in hotel rooms usually have green or red LED lights. When it is dark, they will flash. Therefore, when checking into a hotel, turn off all the lights in the room to make the room dark for observation.

Wherever there are signs of suspicion, look for it. You can close your eyes for a while and then open them and observe, at this time your eyes are more sensitive to strange light so it is easier to detect. Or you can turn on the phone's flashlight to shine a beam of light around the room, if there is another recording device, it will reflect the light of the flashlight.

Open your phone's camera to search

Another way is to turn on your phone camera and also record the entire room in recording mode. If there is a hidden camera in the room, it will reflect back or show a bright spot on your phone.

Check by opening the wifi network scanner on the phone

Hidden camera devices will also need wifi to get data. So turn on wifi scanning mode to see what wifi networks are available in that place. If in addition to the hotel wifi network, there are wifi networks with names that are strings of meaningless letters and numbers, it is likely that it comes from a hidden camera.

Because bad guys usually don't dare to name their wifi meaningfully. If you have any doubts, ask the hotel about the wifi networks around.

Some other ways to detect hidden cameras in motel rooms

Observe the surroundings with the naked eye

When entering any room in a motel, hotel or using a public restroom, you need to observe carefully and cautiously around to detect surveillance cameras if any.

Pay special attention to some locations such as: TV, remote control, power outlet, under table or chair, door, decorative items such as wall clocks, table lamps, vases, teddy bears or even on smoke alarms, air purifiers...

Turn off all the lights in the room

Cameras often flash red, green or emit dim LED light to record better at night or in low light conditions. Take advantage of this operating principle of the device to detect hidden cameras by pulling all the curtains and turning off all the lights in the room. If you observe any unusual lights, check carefully to ensure your privacy and safety.

Check the mirrors in the room

Mini hidden cameras can also be "planted" behind mirrors in motel rooms, hotels, and public restrooms very sophisticatedly. However, do not worry too much, but calmly follow the instructions below to check for hidden cameras.

Place your finger on the mirror and observe the distance between your finger and the mirror. If there is a distance between your finger and the reflection in the mirror, you can be completely assured that this is a real mirror. If you notice that there is no distance between your finger and the reflection, it means that this mirror is a two-way mirror, possibly with a hidden camera installed behind it.

Use a dedicated camera detection device

In addition to the above ways to detect hidden cameras, investing in an infrared detector and hidden camera locator is necessary if you often travel or work and do not want your private images to be recorded by criminals.

These devices are usually small and easy to carry in your pocket, and are easy to use by turning on the device and carrying it around the room. If a hidden camera is detected, the device will sound an alarm and flash a light to notify you.

The above article has introduced you to some useful ways to find hidden cameras in hotels and motels simply. Hopefully, with the above methods, you can easily check your privacy and detect hidden cameras when renting a room during your travel or business trip.

Ngoc Linh

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