Our inner child curiosity drives us nut, when it comes to stuff like, finding hidden camera with mobiles and all the James Bond stuff.
Cellphones likes Android have many uses and one which it was not made purposely for, is for it to be detecting hidden cameras.
In this article, we will answer the question “can cellphones detect hidden cameras and if they can, we will also cover, how we can go about detecting intrusive hidden cameras.
Can a cell phone detect a hidden camera and how?
The answer is yes, there are various ways, in which hidden camera’s fail to remain hidden.
Without further ado, here’s how to detect a hidden camera with your cell phone,
Look for IR emitting cameras
Invincible to the naked eye is infrared, which is like another level down the color spectrum, our cell phone cameras are capable of picking up infrared light.
You can test this with your remote control for your television. In the dark, try pressing your remote with it facing your phone with your camera on, there should be a pinkish visible light, this is Infrared.
If the spy camera being used, is emitting infrared light, which is used for it to be able to be used in the dark, then your Android camera should pick it up.
The back camera sometimes has a filter, that does not allow the phone to pick up infrared light, the front camera should would, if this is the case.
So to look for hidden cameras around the room, simply use your phone camera at night when it’s dark, scan the room.
Heat emitting cameras
Some hidden cameras emit heat after running for hours on end, let’s play James bond and use a thermal imaging add on device for iPhones and Android phones.
This is where Flir One’s thermal imaging camera, which can be charged and plugged into Android Phones comes in handy.
This device is the hardware component that allows, the temperature or heat in the room, to be visually be seen.
This is a similar device which we see in movies where soldiers can see people in the dark.
Since hidden cameras will give off heat, using this device, we can pinpoint the location of such devices.
Do spy camera app detectors work?
Apps do not work as your Android phone does not have the hardware capability to actually detect a hidden camera, so those apps, are not useful at all.
What device or app can I use to detect a hidden camera?
There are devices that’s easily accessible on the market, allowing you to scan and detect 1.2G/2.4G/5.8G devices.
The said devices, are able to pick up Wireless camera, stealth miniature camera, wireless audio bug, body wire, wiretapping, phone tap, GSM/CDMA/DECT cellular audio video bugging devices, unwanted GPS trackers, and more other bug devices and bug transmitters, basically everything that transmits on 1MHZ to 8GHZ.
These devices are pretty useful for scanning hotel rooms and Airbnb’s.
Apart from detecting radio signals which spy cameras are transmitting, they also detect infrared and camera lens basically.
This is way better than cell phones.