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0 pointsdigging2y ago0 comments

There are numerous techniques needed to search but, crucially, nothing can guarantee you've found them all.

I'm struggling to find it, but I read an article a few months ago where a team placed about 30 cameras hidden in a home and tried to find them all. Most methods found low single digits. Even the best ("an advanced lens detector" for $400) brought the total up to fewer than 20.

Really wish I could find that because now all I'm finding is dogshit articles claiming it's easy.

edit: found, it was from CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/22/how-to-find-a-hidden-camera-...

You can also check what devices are connected to the wifi but there's no guarantee they don't have a second network just for the cameras which you can't access.

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bonton892y ago

It looks like the best method only found 11. It looks like 17 is the total amount of cameras they found using all methods. Pretty crap really. The advanced lens detector was the most effective and only found a third of them.

The only method I can think of that might work is one of those media sniffing dogs the cops have, which is super impractical obviously.

autoexec2y ago

I guess we can always tape up tarps to cover the walls and then drape some over the furniture. That won't stop audio from being recorded though.

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