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Family Finds Hidden Camera in Airbnb's Smoke Alarm

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 14 2019, @07:36PM   
from the big-issue dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

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A New Zealand family was shocked to find a camera hidden in the smoke alarm of their Airbnb during a vacation in Ireland, which the father of the clan discovered as he was connecting his cell phone to the Wi-Fi.

[...] "He scanned that device's ports and found the live video feed. We were all watching ourselves on his mobile phone," Barker said of the horrifying find. The camera offered a view of the living room, dining and kitchen area.

Related:
How to Scan Your Airbnb for Hidden Cameras
Should we be searching for hidden spy cameras in Airbnbs and hotels?

[This seems to be an ongoing issue for Airbnb. Have other Soylentils used the platform, and if so have you found hidden monitoring devices? - Ed]

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Original Submission

• Device for finding hidden cameras (Score: 4, Informative) by lars on Sunday April 14 2019, @10:29PM

  by lars (4376) on Sunday April 14 2019, @10:29PM (#829505)

  As usual Airbnb only fixes a problem if there is media exposure.

  I just wanted to let people know that there are hidden camera detectors that work by letting you sense the reflection of near infrared light from the infrared filter present on most cameras:
  https://spyassociates.com/spyfinder-pro-hidden-camera-detector/ [spyassociates.com]
  https://www.ebay.ca/itm/283430750579 [www.ebay.ca]

  Also seems to work as an RF detector.

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