Hidden Camera Detection? Works if item is a motion detector and not a camera?

Question

I'm a 20-year old college student who's renting a room from a Vietnamese couple in their fifties. I'm one of 3 other girls renting a room from them. When I moved in, my room was somewhat "decorated"--there was a bed, artwork, and, among other things, a nightlight. I unplugged it since I sleep better at night anyway. However, there is one of these lights in the bathroom adjacent to my room. I always thought it was odd to have a nightlight in the bathroom, so one day I was coming into the bathroom at night when all the other lights were off, and I realized that there is a motion sensor on the nightlight that causes the light to only turn on when someone is around. It's also pretty odd that (even though this is the only electrical outlet in the bathroom) the nightlight is pointing straight at the toilet and shower. I now unplug the nightlight whenever I come into the bathroom and cover it with other items, then plug it in after I leave. I really want to buy a wireless camera detector.

I was wondering if 1) Any bug detector I buy will basically do the same job. There are models that are very expensive, but I (being a college student) wanted to buy the $30 model [http://www.uspystore.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=61&DEPARTMENT_ID=86]. Would it actually work? And 2) If I do buy the bug detector, will it set off a false alarm when it encounters the motion detector? 3) If it would set off a false alarm, would I have to buy a better model so that it can distinguish between the two? 4) Is there any place I can -rent- a hidden camera detector instead of spending so much money on one? 5) Is there anyone who has experienced anything similar to this? I'm not sure if I'm making a big deal out of nothing, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Even though my landlords seem relatively nice, they are rather private and I've never talked much to them. My roommates and I are all fairly attractive, and, well, neither of my landlords seem to have a job. We're in a good neighborhood,

and the house is pretty nice (It's a 5-bedroom, 2-story house in Southern California). What do you think? Please only answer the bug detector question if you have knowledge about survellience equipment. Thanks for reading this.

Here is the website of the $30 camera detector. It didn't show up in context:

http://www.uspystore.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=61&DEPARTMENT_ID=86

http://www.uspystore.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=61&DEPARTMENT_ID=86

Answer 1

Sweety pie, um... there are cameras out there that are hidden in many less conspicuous items than a nightlight, like the head of a screw right where the screwdriver fits in, for instance. Everyone I know has a nightlight in their bathroom! I don't know what is so weird about that, and I bet all of them face the toilet. If someone wanted to take video of you bad enough, you wouldn't even know it. I'm not sure an old Vietnamese couple are really high on the threat down. Usually, plane, nerdy guys are what you want to look out for. Hormones make them do some crazy sh1t! I like your paranoia though. If you still think the nightlight is a threat to your privacy, then buy one just like it and weigh them, they should weigh the same, or you can just use it to replace the existing light. Wow, you actually unplug the nightlight... I bet you're a psyche or communications major aren't ya?

Answer 2

Maybe. I want to make sure my children are safe and being looked after properly, that is the main thing. If i was suspicious the babysitter was doing something or didn't feel good about it i wouldn't keep them as my babysitter.

Answer 3

go to google serch and buy the required one