>> WELL, IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR HOLIDAY TRAVEL, BUT SOMETHING NOT AT THE TOP OF
MOST PEOPLE’S TRAVEL
CHECKLIST. CHECKING FOR SECRET
CAMERAS INSIDE HER HOTEL ROOM.
>> OR YOUR AIRBNB IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AN
INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY. AND
YOU MAY NEVER KNOW IT UNTIL
PHOTOS OR VIDEOS OF YOU ARE
SHARED ONLINE. ONE WOMAN WAS
LUCKY JUST 2 MONTHS AGO SHE
WAS VACATIONING IN HER
GRANDMOTHER’S FLAGLER COUNTY
CONDO WHEN SHE TOLD DEPUTIES
SHE FOUND A HIDDEN CAMERA IN
THIS FLOWER POT INSIDE THE
MASTER BEDROOM. DEPUTIES SAY
THEY FOUND VIDEO OF THE
SUSPECT ON THAT VERY CAMERA.
THE CONDO COMPLEX HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT. WELL,
THIS CASE GOT US THINKING ARE
THERE ARE TOOLS OUT THERE? THE
AVERAGE PERSON CAN BUY TO
CHECK ANY ROOM FOR HIDDEN
CAMERAS. WE FOUND 2 DEVICES TO
TRY OUT.
>> INSIDE THIS AIR BNB IN JAX
BEACH, ALL THIS IS SUCH A NICE
BEDROOM. I HAD NO IDEA JUST
HOW MANY CAMERAS WERE WATCHING
MY EVERY MOVE. OH, WOW. LOOK
AT THIS OUR NEWS CREW. BUT 5
DIFFERENT TINY CAMERAS. THE
TOTAL COST ABOUT $208. THEY
STRATEGICALLY HID THE CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT THIS 3 STORY
TOWNHOUSE. THEN IT WAS MY JOB
TO SEE IF I COULD FIND THEM
FIRST WITH MY OWN EYES,
RETIRED NYPD SERGEANT TURNED
LOCAL PRIVATE EYE. SEAN
MULHOLLAND WAS THERE GIVING ME
POINTERS. YOU SHOULD BE
LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT ARE.
>> OUT OF THE NORM. OTHER 2
LONG CLARKSON. THERE’S THAT’S
AHEAD. IS THERE A SMOKE
DETECTOR IN A BATHROOM? THAT’S
AS WE MOVED FLOOR BY FLOOR. I
SEE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT LOOKS
LIKE STUFF THAT’S NEEDED FOR
THE TV TO HITTING CAMERAS. I
EASILY FOUND IS A SURVEILLANCE
CAMERA JUST FOR THE OWNER.
>> OF THE AIRBNB, THE FIRST
HIDDEN CAMERA WAS ON THE FIRST
FLOOR IN THE LIVING ROOM
INSIDE A LIGHT SOCKET. THE
SECOND ONE I FOUND WAS ON THE
TOP FLOOR.
>> LOOKING IN THE SHOWER.
>> I DON’T SEE ANYTHING
>> I DO SEE SOMETHING INSIDE
THAT PLANT WAY UP THERE.
>> A CAMERA WAY UP HIGH ON A
WINDOW SILL HIDDEN IN A FAKE
PLANT INSIDE THE MASTER
BATHROOM. BUT DO YOU SEE THE
LITTLE BLACK? YOU SEE THAT?
GREEN LIGHT IN THERE, TOO.
>> I SEE THE LIGHT NOW AND ON
SPOT.
>> A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. WE
TALKED ABOUT LOOKING FOR
THINGS IN AN UNUSUAL PLACE WAS
IN THAT CENTERED WASN’T WHERE
THERE’S MORE SUNLIGHT. WHAT
WOULD BE ONLY OVER THERE IF
I’M IN THE SHOWER.
>> YOU IT’S POINTED RIGHT AT
ME.
>> AND DEPENDING IF SOME OF
SHOWN WITH GOT BOTH BUT THE 3
REMAINING HIDDEN CAMERAS WERE
NOT EASY TO SEE.
>> SO I’M JUST JUST LOOKING I
DON’T SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL
OVER HERE. SEE O’CLOCK. I
DON’T SEE ANY UNUSUAL PIN
HOLES IN THE GOOD THERE. GOT
OUR LAMPS ON THE NIGHTSTAND.
>> PICTURE.
>> NOTHING IS RATTLING AROUND
IT TO HELP ME FIND THESE LAST
3 HITTER CAMERAS, OUR NEWS
CREW, BUT TO ELECTRONIC
DEVICES OFF AMAZON, THE FIRST
DETECTOR COST. $21.49 HOLD IT
NEAR A HIDDEN CAMERA AND AN
ALARM SOUNDS WHILE LIGHTS ON
THE DEVICE. SHINE FROM GREEN
TO RED. THE PROBLEM WITH IT
USING THIS ONE. LOOK HOW CLOSE
I HAVE TO GET.
>> AND NOW IT’S DETECTING IT.
I WANT TO TOUCH IT. LET’S TAKE
A LOOK IN
>> LOOK AT THAT. EVERYTHING
OPEN ITS AID.
>> THE SECOND DEVICE WAS MORE
EXPENSIVE AT SEVENTY-TWO
DOLLARS AND $0.90 WITH A
SIMILAR ALARM WHEN HELD NEAR
HITTING CAMERA. BUT THE ALARM
ON THIS ONE WOULDN’T STOP. I
JUST TURNED IT
>> DETECTING WHAT BUT LIKELY
THAT
>> SO WHY WHAT I COULD BE
NEIGHBORS SO INSTEAD WE USED
THE INFRARED LIGHT.
>> BOTH DEVICES CAME EQUIPPED
WITH ONE THAT ILLUMINATES A
HIDDEN CAMERA LENS EXPOSING IT
TO THE NAKED HIM FOR BOUNCY
RIDE OFF OF THAT
>> I SEE IT.
>> THE INFRARED WORKED.
>> BUT YOU HAVE
>> I DON’T SEE ANY UNUSUAL
PANELS AND THE ON THERE.
>> LOOKING JOSH.
>> SEE IF THIS DEVICE DETECTS
SAID ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT
TO TEMPTING. THERE’S SENSE,
BUT IT DOES NOT RAISE MANY
ANYTHING. SO THIS IS NOT
DETECTING IT.
>> EVEN USING THE INFRARED
LIGHTS ALONE. I STILL NEEDED
HELP FINDING THE PINHOLE
CAMERAS.
>> THERE’S SOMETHING THERE’S A
LITTLE TINY. THIS
>> THERE’S NO I CAN EVEN SEE
NEXT YEAR. EVEN
>> I FELT LIKE I SCREAMED MY
WAY THROUGH THAT WHOLE
EXPERIMENT WHICH LEFT ME A LOT
MORE AWARE. BUT OUR GOAL HERE
IS NOT TO MAKE YOU PARANOID
ABOUT SECRET CAMPS. THE
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO
HELPED US SEAN MULHOLLAND. HE
MADE IT CLEAR MOST PEOPLE
LIKELY DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT HIDDEN CAMERAS PLANTED
IN THEIR HOTEL ROOMS OR AIR B
AND B’S. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU
CAN TAKE THE POWER BACK BY
KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR. IF
YOU DON’T WANT TO SPEND THE
MONEY ON DEVICES LIKE THESE 70
BUCKS, 20 BUCKS, SEAN SAYS YOU
CAN PROTECT YOURSELF AND
SEVERAL OTHER WAYS. FIRST
BRING PAINTER’S TAPE TO COVER
UP ANY SUSPICIOUS SPACES ARE
HOLES ON THE WALLS OR EVEN ON
THE FURNITURE BECAUSE IT’S
PAINTER’S TAPE. IT SHOULD NOT
RUIN THE PAINT OR FINISH WHEN
YOU REMOVE IT BEFORE YOU
LEAVE. YOU ALSO WANT TO USE
THE LIGHT ON YOUR CELL PHONE
IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN INFRARED
YOUR CELLPHONE LIKE YOU CAN
CHECK AROUND THE SPACE IS IF
YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS
LIKE IT MIGHT BE A HIDDEN
CAMERA, YOU’LL SEE THE CAMERA
LENS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE
LIGHT REFLECTS OFF OF IT. AND
FINALLY, WHEN IN DOUBT PUT IT
OUT, PUT IT OUT OF SIGHT LIKE
THAT PICTURE FRAME OR THE
HANCOCK, ANYTHING THAT’S
REMOVABLE IT. IT MAKES YOU
FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. PUT THE
ITEM FACE DOWN OR PUT IT IN A
DRAWER UNTIL YOUR STAY IS
OVER. VERY SIMPLE THINGS.
YEAH, IT DEFINITELY GIVES
PEOPLE AN IDEA OF WHAT TO LOOK
OUT FOR ITS GOOD TO KNOW THAT
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE LIKE
YOUR CELL PHONE TO FIND
CAMERAS LIKE THIS ONE THAT WAS
IN BOOK.
>> I MEAN, PRETTY INTRICATE
PUT TECHNOLOGY TODAY. SO TINY,
YOU WOULD NEVER THINK OUR
PHOTOGRAPHER, CHRIS O’ROURKE,
HAD TO DRILL A HOLE IN THEIR
PLANT. THAT JUST RIGHT ANGLE.
IT. YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO
THROUGH ALL THAT. YEAH, YOU
KNOW, ONLINE NEWS 4 JAX DOT
COM RIGHT NOW WE BREAK DOWN
THE COST OF EVERYTHING WE USE
FOR THIS EXPERIMENT.
>> HOW IT WAS ALL SET UP. I
WAS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THAT
HOUSE TO SEE ANYTHING BEFORE
TRYING TO FIND ALL THESE
HIDDEN CAMERAS AND YOU WANT TO
TUNE IN TOMORROW MORNING,
FLAGLER COUNTY SHERIFF RICK
STALY WILL JOIN JENNIFER
WAUGH. HE’S GOING EXPLAIN WHY
HE WAS ABLE TO FILE EVEN MORE
CHARGES AGAINST THAT
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF PUTTING
THAT SECRET CAM IN A CONDO
BEDROOM AND WHY NOT ALL HIDDEN