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Whenever it comes to tourists and people on business trips to stay in a luxurious and expensive luxury hotel in any city, everyone thinks that the facilities and security arrangements available there will be absolutely solid and spotless. But in this era of modern technology, where spy cameras and pinhole cameras (Hidden Cameras) are as small as the tip of a needle and are easily available in the market, a huge threat has started looming over the privacy of guests visiting hotels around the world. Many times, even in the rooms of five-star and luxury hotels, such secret cameras are fitted by anti-social elements or vicious criminals who secretly make videos, which are impossible to detect with ordinary eyes. If you are even a little careless about your and your family’s privacy after entering the hotel room, your private moments may get captured on camera and go viral on social media or the dark web. Keeping this serious and sensitive issue in mind, today we are going to tell you some surefire, easy and technical methods with the help of which you can easily check whether the room is completely safe for you as soon as you step into the hotel room or not. Let us know in this detailed and special report what are those secret ways of finding hidden cameras which every traveler must know.
Increasing danger of hidden cameras in hotel rooms: Why are even luxury rooms no longer safe?
In earlier times, it was believed that if you are staying in a big brand or expensive hotel after spending money, then there are such tight security arrangements that not even a bird can kill you. But in recent years, countless such incidents have come to light from different countries of the world in which secret hidden cameras have been recovered from rooms, bathrooms and changing areas of big hotels and resorts. The size of these cameras is so minute that they are cleverly hidden behind smoke detectors, AC vents, TV remote sensors, showpieces hanging on the wall, lamp shades and even behind the bathroom shower or mirror. When a tourist rests in a hotel room after a tiring day, he has no idea that some unknown person is recording his every activity through a camera. This is why now checking the hotel room thoroughly as soon as you check-in has become the first and essential rule of any safe travel.
As soon as you get the room, do the ‘lights off’ test first: Find infrared lights like this with your smartphone’s camera.
The oldest and most effective way to detect hidden cameras is considered to be the test of switching off the lights as soon as you enter the hotel room. Pull all the curtains in the room tightly so that outside light cannot enter, and then turn off all the lights in the room completely. After this, turn on your smartphone’s camera and turn off the flash light and move the phone’s camera towards every corner of the room where there may be suspicion – such as smoke alarms, TV or wall clocks. Many night vision spy cameras use infrared lights to record in the dark, which are invisible to the naked eye, but will be visible as a bright purple or blue tiny dot glowing on your mobile phone screen. If you see any such suspicious light flickering on the screen of your phone, then understand that there is some spying device hidden there.
Torch and mirror test (Mirror Trick): How to check bathroom and dressing table mirrors
Mirrors installed in hotel rooms or dressing rooms can sometimes be two-way mirrors, that is, from one side it looks like a normal mirror and from the other side someone can easily see and record you. To confirm this, a very simple and popular ‘finger test’ is done; Place your finger nail directly on the surface of the mirror. If there is a small gap (empty space) between your real nail and the reflection in the mirror, then that mirror is completely normal and safe. But if the tip of your finger and its reflection in the mirror connect perfectly without any gap, then understand that the mirror is suspicious and it could be a two-way mirror. Also, after turning off all the lights in the room, try shining your phone’s flashlight directly on the mirror or other devices in the room, this can also quickly spot strange reflections or lens flare.
Hidden cameras exposed with the help of Wi-Fi network scanning and modern gadgets
Most of the wireless or smart hidden cameras available in today’s modern era use the hotel’s Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth for live video streaming or data transfer. You can download any reliable ‘Hidden Camera Detector App’ or ‘Network Scanner App’ on your smartphone to instantly scan which unknown Wi-Fi devices or cameras are active around that room. Apart from this, if your budget allows, there are also portable RF Signal Detectors available in the market, which when moved around the room, if any hidden camera is emitting radio frequency, then that machine immediately alerts you by making a loud beeping sound. This type of technical vigilance helps a lot in keeping you safe from any major mental stress and blackmailing traps.
What to do if a camera is found in the room? Immediately inform the hotel management and police
If, despite all precautions, you are convinced that there is a hidden camera hidden in your hotel room, then first of all do not panic and do not touch anything with your hands so that fingerprints or evidence remain safe. Immediately record clear photos and videos of the suspicious device with your phone as evidence. After this, without wasting a single second, call the front desk or manager of the hotel and lodge a strong complaint and immediately change the room and book another hotel. Also, it is very important to lodge an official complaint with the local police station so that strict legal action can be taken against that hotel and the criminals involved in it. This little vigilance on your part will not only save you from a big danger, but will also protect the privacy of other innocent passengers in future.