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Kim Komando Today

Hidden cameras are watching: Privacy in the digital age

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Hidden cameras are everywhere, and if you're concerned about your privacy on vacation ... you should be. More and more travelers are finding cameras in rentals and hotels — often hidden in unexpected places. Kim shares why spy cameras have become so commonplace, how to spot them, and what to do if you've been recorded without your say.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome from commando.com.

0:03.8

This is Commando on demand, where we talk to industry movers and shakers to keep you up to date on everything digital.

0:09.8

First up, I'd like to say a quick thank you to the partners who help make these Commando on Demand podcast possible.

0:18.8

Morning, police say there's a difference between a regular home surveillance camera to catch rooks and what they found in this house.

0:25.4

It was just very scary and something very bad could happen.

0:29.5

Airbnb is tackling privacy concerns.

0:31.7

A rabbi in D.C. has been arrested.

0:34.6

A customer finds a hidden camera inside a unisex bathroom at a Starbucks.

0:40.8

Chris White was on day two of the five-day Carnival Voyage cruise from Alabama to Mexico when he

0:47.8

suddenly saw something strange. Yes, he discovered a hidden camera in his state room,

0:53.6

pointed right at his bed. What happened was, is he moved the hidden camera in his stateroom pointed right at his bed.

0:55.8

What happened was, is he moved the television there in the room to look for some dust.

1:00.5

He said it just didn't feel right.

1:02.5

Sticking out from the wires, he says, was a small camera, still warm to the touch,

1:07.8

its lens pointing directly at the bed there in the stateroom.

1:12.6

He asked his wife what it was, and then she looked at him and just turned white as a ghost.

1:17.7

The ship's security team sent an officer to the family's cabin to inspect and dismantled the camera.

1:23.0

But the reason why the family's coming public is they say, you know, Carnival didn't really do anything.

1:27.9

They actually tried to downplay the severity of the situation.

1:31.8

Have you ever had the feeling, that chilling feeling that you're being watched?

1:35.7

Have you ever looked at your phone's camera, your laptops, webcam?

1:39.3

And you just said, well, I wonder if somebody's actually looking through this at me.

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