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Covert cameras are sold openly inside working smoke detectors, phone chargers, power outlets and alarm clocks. The lens can be under two millimetres across and is invisible from a metre away. Professional optical detection finds it.
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Placement follows sight lines. A device is put where it can see the most for the longest without being disturbed. In practice that means ceiling level fittings, power points at skirting height, and objects that sit naturally on a shelf or bedside table facing into the room.
Ceiling mounted, unobstructed view of the entire room, and never examined. Sold as fully working smoke alarms with a camera inside.
Most commonIncluding units in genuine branded housings and hardwired wall outlets that cannot be unplugged and run indefinitely.
Mains poweredClocks, speakers, picture frames, air purifiers, diffusers and candle warmers. Frequently introduced as a gift.
Gifted itemsThe most serious category. Toiletry packaging, door hooks and air fresheners have all been used as housings.
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A pinhole lens at one to two millimetres does not read as a lens to the naked eye at normal distance. It reads as a screw head, a sensor, a speck. If the camera is inside your own smoke alarm, the object is identical to the one you expect to see, because it is that object, with a component added.
Optical detection does not rely on seeing the lens. It relies on the fact that a lens returns light directly back along the path it arrived on. That retroreflection is unmistakable through the detector and visible whether the camera is powered, unpowered, recording or dormant.
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We photograph it in place before anything is touched, record its location and orientation, note what it can see, and identify the device type and capability where possible. If it holds storage we preserve it rather than opening it.
Then we talk to you about options. In some situations removing a device immediately is right. In others, particularly where legal proceedings are likely, preserving it in place with documentation is stronger. We advise, you decide.
If you believe you have already found a device, leave it exactly as it is and contact us. Moving or dismantling it can destroy evidence and can alert whoever placed it.
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If you suspect a camera in your home, workplace or accommodation, we will find it or confirm the space is clear.
Tell us the property and which rooms concern you most. We will scope it and attend quickly.