Tips to help find hidden cameras in the room

Hidden cameras or hidden cameras are always a concern when you rent a house or hotel. All your private matters are secretly recorded and bad guys can use that image to spread it on the Internet or demand ransom. We don’t need scanning devices to find hidden cameras. You can use some of the tricks below to detect hidden cameras in a room

Ways to find hidden cameras in your room

1. Close the curtains and turn off all the lights in the room. Close your eyes for about 5 seconds and let your eyes get used to the dark, then look at places you suspect. If there is a camera, it will have a small red light emitting rays. Those are normal hidden cameras. As for the better types, there will be another way below.

2. Cameras can be hidden behind glass panels in bedrooms. Use the tip of your finger to place it perpendicular to the glass surface. If the reflected image is at a distance from the tip of the fingernail, it is normal glass. If the tip of a fingernail touches the reflection, then 95% of the glass is one-way glass and there is likely to be a hidden camera behind it.

3. Hidden cameras often connect to Wi-Fi networks to transmit recorded content, so scanning and checking to see if any cameras are connected to the hotel’s current Wi-Fi network can be considered a solution to determine the existence of hidden cameras.

To do this, you can use an application called Fing (Android | iOS). This is a free application that will help list all devices connected to the Wi-Fi network that your smartphone is using. Here, the application will clearly list whether any cameras are connected to the Wi-Fi network or not.

4. If you detect a suspicious surveillance camera appearing in the Fing application, the next step you can use is an application called Hidden Camera Detector (Android | iOS). This is an application with the feature of scanning suspicious locations to find out if there are hidden cameras or not.

Download the free application compatible with Android 5.0 and above. Hidden Camera Detector will use magnetic sensors on smartphones to determine the location of hidden cameras. Users can bring their smartphones close to suspicious locations in the hotel room, such as flower vases, dressing mirrors, wall corners, cabinet corners… the magnetic sensor on the smartphone will emit a “beep” sound if it detects magnetism emitted from a hidden camera.

5. If you often go on long business trips, equip yourself with a device capable of scanning hidden cameras. These devices typically scan the RF Detection frequency range from 1MHz to 6.5GHz for all RF frequencies including GSM,WIFI,Bluetooth, FM, VHF, UHF, 900/1200/2400 wireless audio and video. Prices fluctuate on the market around 400,000 VND – 900,000 VND, which is quite cheap.

How to detect hidden cameras you can do yourself

Step 1. App 몰래카메라 탐지기 (Version 1 | Version 2) from Korea can scan the location of hidden cameras (download the app and scan the location you need to check

Step 2. Go into the room and turn off all the lights to make the room as dark as possible, then use your phone to turn on the camera and scan every corner. If you see any strange light, there is a hidden camera there. Because there are many cameras that can record in the dark

Step 3. If you turn on wifi and there is a wifi with a long name that looks like a meaningless code with letters and numbers, it is a hidden camera

Step 4. If you stay overnight at a hotel, you should pay special attention to unusual objects placed around the bedroom or bathroom such as lighters, flower vases, scented wax boxes or flower pots next to the bed. Those places usually have a lot of cameras.

Step 5. Stick your finger into the mirror, if your fingernails and the nail image in the mirror are touching each other, it is a 2-way mirror, and if there is a gap between the two nails, it is a 1-way mirror. A 2-way mirror means that people in the next room can see you, but you can’t.

Step 6. Standing in the room calling without signal/interference -> hidden camera.

Step 7. Hidden cameras are often connected to Wifi to transmit recorded content, so you can download the Fing app to display a list of devices connected to Wifi. It will clearly list whether any cameras are connected to Wifi or not.

Step 8. If you find a hidden camera, you can continue using the app Hidden Camera Detector to be more certain. It’s an app that scans suspicious locations to find hidden cameras. When using it, you should bring the phone close to the suspicious locations I mentioned above. If it makes a “BEEP” sound -> there is a hidden camera.

Step 9. When going to public restrooms, you should wear a mask, a hat and cover up carefully so that if the worst case happens, at least your identity will still be protected.

Frequently asked questions

How can I find hidden cameras in my room?

You can try some simple things like: darken the room and look for red light from the camera, check the glass panels with your fingertips, or use an app like Fing to scan for devices connected to the Wi-Fi network.

Which application is useful to detect hidden cameras?

The Fing app helps scan devices on Wi-Fi networks, while Hidden Camera Detector uses magnetic sensors to detect cameras. Note that the effectiveness of these applications may vary depending on the camera type.

If I suspect there is a hidden camera but cannot find it, what should I do?

If you are still concerned after trying the above methods, contact the hotel manager or host to report the situation. You may also consider using a specialized camera scanning device.