Where Cameras Can Be Hidden:

      Cameras can be hidden is on top of suspended ceilings. After a small hole is drilled through one of the ceiling tiles a sub miniature pinhole camera can be hidden on top of it. Usually there is enough room on top to mount even standard cam carders. In many cases there is no need for drilling any holes because most ceiling tiles have holes of differing sizes for acoustic and design reasons. If the camera is installed next to a light source it is even more difficult to spot. There have already been numerous reports of hidden cameras that were installed on top of suspended ceilings.

      Hidden cameras may even be installed in the woods. Cameras hidden within tree stumps, bird houses and rocks are available. The cameras are Hi-8 camcorders with night shot function and can be activated by passive infrared (PIR) motion detectors and seismic sensors.

     Another possibility which is rarely thought of is the “takeover” of cameras owned or installed by the victim. This includes cameras that are integrated by default into devices owned by the victim. If the attacker succeeds in gaining control over those cameras, the victim can be spied upon unnoticed.

      The list of possible hiding places for cameras can be continued forever. Among the commercially available prepared devices that contain cameras are flower pots, silk plants, bird houses, dolls or stuffed animals, mannequin dolls (camera inside the eye, briefcases, books, folders, pencil sharpeners, pens , tissue boxes, shirts, ties, bottles, vitamin bottles, fish tanks, air purifiers and eyeglasses.

     Cameras be can hidden inside wall mounted light switches quite easily. Many light switches can be modified to contain sub miniature CCD or CMOS cameras. Some light switches have small integrated control lights. The covers of those control lights can be used to conceal the camera’s lens. Satisfying results can also be achieved by replacing the cover of the control light with an IR pass filter.