The inspiration for writing this article was given to me during the recent sale crazes of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
I simply could not believe, perhaps in my naivety, the amount of covert digital surveillance equipment that was available online at discounted prices in the last couple of weeks.
This topic actually feels like a double deja vu for me – because this year I covered it extensively in two separate publications.
During the summer, I wrote an article for the IPA Journal titled “Big (or little?) Brother could be watching you!” which concentrated on the invasion of privacy in hotel rooms and rented accommodation:
Big (or little?) Brother could be watching you!
And last month I submitted a piece to the eForensics Magazine focusing once again on digital privacy during hotel stays.
(by the way, should you wish to purchase the complete magazine, the publisher offers a 20% discount with this code – eFAuTH0rM0B!Le20).
Disclaimer: No, I was not compensated for the article and no, there is nothing in it for me if you decide to buy it, either with the discount or without.
So here is my handpicked selection of the most outrageous hidden cameras that I have come across: