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Kim Komando Today

Who’s watching you? The threat of hidden cameras in the digital age

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this digital age, hidden surveillance is everywhere and if you've ever felt watched in the past, odds are you probably were. From Airbnb to a house of worship, hidden cameras are everywhere. In this episode of Komando on Demand, Kim looks at how hidden spy cameras have become so prevalent in our society and how technology has enabled these cameras to be placed anywhere. Kim also gives tips and advice on how to protect yourself from hidden cameras.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome from commando.com. 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.

0:19.8

Morning, police say there's a difference between a regular home surveillance camera to catch

0:23.8

crooks and what they found in this house.

0:26.4

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

0:30.5

Airbnb is tackling privacy concerns.

0:32.7

A rabbi in D.C. has been arrested.

0:35.6

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

0:41.8

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

0:49.3

saw something strange. Yes, he discovered a hidden camera in his stateateroom pointed right at his bed. What happened was

0:57.6

is he moved the television there in the room to look for some dust. He said it just didn't feel

1:02.6

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

1:09.5

pointing directly at the bed there in the stateroom.

1:13.6

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

1:18.6

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

1:23.6

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

1:28.2

really do anything. They actually tried to downplay the severity of the situation. Have you ever had

1:33.4

the feeling, that chilling feeling that you're being watched? Have you ever looked at your

1:37.7

phone's camera, your laptops, webcam? And you just said, well, I wonder if somebody's actually

1:42.7

looking through this at me.

1:45.4

Have you ever been in total privacy and felt that you weren't really alone?

1:49.6

Well, today in the digital age, hidden video surveillance isn't uncommon.

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