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Video cameras are continually getting better, cheaper, and smaller, and therefore will be installed everywhere.[a] In coming years, if you're in a building or h
by cs702 5y ago
Video cameras are continually getting better, cheaper, and smaller, and therefore will be installed everywhere.[a] In coming years, if you're in a building or house that is not yours, odds are there will be one or more cameras taking candid videos/photos of you as you go about your daily life.
[a] Take a look at the size of the lens on the back of your mobile phone. That's how small high-quality cameras already are today.
- Tenoke 5y agoThere's devices and ways to detect hidden cameras. There's a risk to being caught putting hidden cameras. I doubt they'll be everywhere but it is a problem.
- falcolas 5y agoNone of which are universally effective. Some rely upon RF detection, others the presence of IR illumination, and yet others the reflection of the CMOS chip. But, a hardwired camera with no active illumination, behind an opaque sheet of IR transparent plastic (basically the kind of plastic on many modern electronics) would be incredibly hard to detect (without tearing everything apart).
- at_a_remove 5y agoYeah, I think those are based on retroreflection.
- wokwokwok 5y agoThere are certainly people that sell useless tools that purport to be able to detect cameras. There are certainly devices that can detect localised electric fields, wireless transmissions or make it relatively easy to spot shiny surfaces (such as camera lenses). …but, and I say this with absolute confidence; there is no device that exists that can detect if you are being observed or not. So, to some degree, it may be possible to find common wireless cameras, and if you’re some DIY house owner installing their SPY PRO secret camera from Amazon for $50, you can probably find it. …but, the point the parent comment is making is that there are, and, increasingly will be, cameras you won’t be able to detect. You’re best off to operate under the assumption you are being filmed when you hire a house, and, increasingly, just when you go around your daily life.
- bserge 5y agoI propose everyone has a regular wank in every room. That'll scar the peepers more than the renters. Was it worth installing the CCTV?
- toyg 5y ago> That'll scar the peepers Or entertain them.
- Symbiote 5y agoJust wait until a 14 year old masturbates in private, and the landlord will have a lot more to worry about. (Maybe even undressing would be a problem?) Even restricting the cameras to less-private rooms wouldn't be sufficient – I doubt it's unusual for parents to sneak an extra child or two into a property, e.g. by bringing an air bed to use in the living room.
- CaptainZapp 5y agoI don't think that I'll find any cameras, hidden or otherwise in a hotel room, which I rented anytime soon.
- sgspace 5y agoDepends what city you’re in
- CaptainZapp 5y agoIn a hotel room? Can you give me just about one example besides some creep who spied on his guests? I don't think that cameras in hotel rooms are in any way city dependent.
- danparsonson 5y agoHere's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYIsnUgUdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggYIsnUgUdU
- CaptainZapp 5y agoI don't see the relevance of this video. It refers to illegally installed cameras. I specifically excluded the creepy owner or manager who spies on guests.
- adolph 5y agoNew upsell checkbox at AirBnB: rent a SCIF for your stay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_inform...