You’ve been warned. Think twice before you get your coffee naked, read the morning news naked, or just sit on that couch naked. Because if you’re renting an AirBnB, VRBO, or any other vacation rental, there’s a good chance a hidden camera is watching you. Well, a creepy person is watching you via hidden camera. But you get the gist.
On this week’s episode of The PaulCast, I interview travel security expert Randy Andrews who built an app that finds hidden cameras inside your room. The Hidden Camera Detector app is able to locate cameras using a unique technology that homes in on the camera’s lenses, but also identifies whether there are GPS trackers, listening devices, and more.
Here’s the scariest part though: In America and many other countries around the world, it’s perfectly legal for rental owners to film in what’s considered a public area – living room, kitchen, etc. As long as they inform you that there are cameras, it’s totally kosher for them to watch.
Bottom line, you’re probably better off spending an extra $30 getting a hotel. But in the meantime, download the Hidden Camera Detector and listen to this enlightening and seriously frightening discussion to learn how to protect yourself, and your glorious naked body.
Paul Feinstein
Paul Feinstein has been writing and editing in Los Angeles and around the world for more than 20 years. He has written travel guides to LA, Bangkok, Tokyo, Florence, and Barcelona and has written for myriad publications and media companies including Travel + Leisure, Fodor’s Travel, La Cucina Italiana, Lonely Planet, MyRecipes, Time Out, Culture Trip, TBS, FOX, Disney, Stacker, and NBC/Universal. An avid traveler and amateur chef, Paul has been to more than 60 countries, went to cooking school, lived in Israel, and is particularly obsessed with Italy and Japan. If you have travel questions, he has answers!
