How to check whether there is a camera in a hotel room?

The hotel said that 80% have pinhole cameras, and two simple tricks will teach you to find them quickly.

When it comes to cameras, many people think of the word "double-edged sword". If you use the camera in the right place, you can keep one side safe. If it falls into the wrong hands, the follow-up effect brought by the camera will be endless, and the privacy of users will be greatly threatened. Recently, it was reported that a couple who were traveling in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, found a pinhole camera in the socket under the TV after staying in the hotel. The hotel said that 80% hotels in Zhengzhou have this situation. Should we really passively touch these pinholes?

Pinhole camera found in Yutai Hotel, Zhengzhou, Henan Province

Here, Bian Xiao summed up two ways to quickly find the hotel pinhole camera for your next stay in the hotel:

Method 1: flashlight inspection method. Use a flashlight or mobile phone flashlight to illuminate the exposed holes of the hotel, such as vents, radiators, televisions, etc. If there is reflection, there may be a pinhole camera. This method is used because most pinhole camera lenses have coating design, and coating can be quickly identified by lens reflection because of its special color.

How to troubleshoot pinhole camera

Method 2: Mobile phone screening method. This method can be used to check pinhole cameras using functional infrared fill light. After entering the room, make the indoor environment as dark as possible, and make the room as dark as possible, such as closing the curtains and turning off the lights. Then turn on the camera of the mobile phone and start scanning every place in the room where there may be pinhole cameras. If there is a light spot on the screen of the mobile phone, it is very likely that there is a pinhole camera in this place.

How to troubleshoot pinhole camera

Through the above two methods, you can roughly check whether the hotel has installed pinhole cameras. Of course, due to the inconsistency and complexity of each hotel environment, these are just two emergency methods. In order to completely eliminate this situation, the hotel industry needs to pay attention to user privacy, and the regulatory authorities need to intensify investigations and find that they are punished together!