Note: This is a guest post written by Dan Martin

On February 25, 2022, The Mirror published a sad story in line. A 25-year-old teacher, Brittany Walsh, posted on Tik Tok that she found a camera in her Airbnb apartment. Fortunately, she had just arrived in the room when she saw the camera.

Unfortunately, Brittany isn’t the only person to have had this terrifying experience. According to a 2019 poll conducted by IPX103111% of respondents like Brittany agree that they have seen hidden cameras inside an Airbnb unit at some point.

The internet is full of similar scary stories about people who have found hidden cameras in their apartments.

Your bathroom is meant to be a private space away from prying eyes. However, the presence of hidden cameras in your bathroom can make your bathroom the opposite.

To avoid being the next victim of a hidden camera, here are some ways to locate hidden cameras in your bathroom.

What does a hidden camera look like?

A hidden camera is a gadget that can record video (and sometimes audio) from a specific location without the subjects knowing.

These cameras are usually camouflaged as everyday objects, making them difficult to spot. For example, the one Brittany saw in her apartment looked like a USB charger.

But then, hidden cameras work like regular cameras. As such, they have lenses; however, they are generally smaller and blend into their surroundings.

These days, a number of these cameras are disguised as ordinary household items. Many of them also come with magnets that help them stick to metal surfaces like your shower heads, tubs, towel racks, etc.

A hidden camera can be wireless or wired. Wired types have connections to storage devices while wireless types transfer their images to a receiver a short distance away.

Now that you have an idea of ​​what they look like, how do you find them?

Here are easy ways to spot hidden cameras in your bathroom. The good news about these methods is that they are all easy and inexpensive.

[1] Take a close look at your bathroom

Checking around your bathroom carefully is one of the easiest techniques for finding hidden cameras. Sometimes the best place to hide something is where you least expect it.

So if there’s a hidden camera in your bathroom, a careful search might help you find it.

As you do this, imagine yourself as the aggressor. Where would you place the camera if you wanted to spy on someone?

Here are some places where you might find hidden cameras in your bathroom:

i) Under bathtubs

Bathtubs can be a good place to hide spy cameras because they have a large surface area. They usually have a large opening under them to accommodate tiny cameras. So check under the tub and don’t forget to check behind the legs.

However, it’s usually easier to spot cameras on wall-mounted tubs because you have fewer sides to check. Japanese bathtubs and clawfoot tubssome examples of freestanding bathtubs, can be more difficult to inspect because all sides are exposed, so there is a larger area to check.

When you check out the site, be sure to look for threads or anything that looks weird. You can never tell what you might find there.

ii) Smoke detectors

Smoke detectors are usually mounted on the ceiling. If someone fixed a camera at this height, they would have the advantage of having a bird’s eye view of your bathroom. So be sure to check your smoke detectors as well.

iii) Tissue boxes

Everyone has boxes of tissues in the bathroom, and that’s probably the last place you’ll think of when looking for a hidden camera. But then the location of these boxes, coupled with the fact that they look unsuspected, make them the perfect place to hide the cameras.

As you move around the bathroom, look for suspicious wires or strange lenses. If you also spot devices plugged in that you don’t recognize, feel free to unplug them. Also, listen while you move. Some of these cameras are equipped with motion sensors that emit sounds during operation.

[2] Make a phone call around your tubs

The tub area of ​​your bathroom is a likely spot for hidden cameras. It’s usually near the walls where you might have shelves to store your toiletries. Also, as we said earlier, the bathtub itself can be equipped with hidden cameras.

To make sure there’s nothing suspicious around your tub, stand in or around it and make a call. Most cameras emit a radio frequency that interferes with calls. Standing or sitting on your tub should give you enough coverage if your bathroom isn’t too big.

If you have a large bathroom you may need to walk around and see if you can hear any disturbances.

[3] Turn off your bathroom lights

Most hidden cameras come with night vision capabilities to help them spy well. Most of them have red or green LEDs that allow the camera to see in the dark. However, you can use the principle of operation of night vision cameras to find where they are hiding.

When the cameras are in low light conditions, the LEDs around the camera lens automatically light up to supplement the illumination. Usually the LEDs are red or green.

So, after turning off all the lights in your bathroom, if you spot a dim red or green light, it’s probably a hidden camera.

You can also combine this with the use of a flashlight. Infrared LEDs can be hard to spot, but all cameras have glass lenses. Since all glass materials will reflect light, your flashlight might work.

So turn off all the lights and scan the place with your flashlight. If you spot a reflection, be sure to check out what’s there.

[4] Install a hidden camera detector app on your phone

If you have an Android or iPhone, you can also use your device to scan your bathroom for hidden cameras.

There are various apps available on the internet that can help you detect hidden cameras. Just download the bundled software and it should guide you through the process.

When you discover hidden surveillance cameras, be sure to remove them as soon as possible.

[5] Check your bathroom mirrors

It may sound funny, but do you know that some mirrors are actually surveillance cameras? Yes, they reflect like regular mirrors, but they collect images from your bathroom.

To make sure your mirror is a real mirror, place your finger on it. There should be a space between your finger and the reflection in a normal mirror. If there is no gap, you probably have a hidden camera.

Conclusion

If you find a hidden camera in your bathroom, it’s time to call the police. Under the laws of the United States, “the installation, placement, or use of any device for observing, recording, transmitting, photographing, or listening

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