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They look fairly mundane, but police are warning people to look twice at coat hangers found in public bathrooms because they may have hidden cameras inside of them.
At a glance, the devices look like any other clothes hook. However, a closer look reveals a tiny hidden camera embedded inside used for watching people.
The devices are marketed on Amazon as home security surveillance cameras or spy cameras priced as low as $13 per device.
Just less than a year ago, police in Florida reported on three separate instances where police discovered the hidden cameras in different womens bathrooms throughout Monroe County, Florida.
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forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Block any suspected unauthorized camera or peephole in private spaces, then report it.
I may be paranoid, but I usually keep a post-it note over my own personal built-in computer webcam unless I am using it.
d_r
(6,907 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)over built in webcams - so no sticky on the actual lense.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)and it keeps my street address handy, in case I, you know, forget
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Not coat "hanger". I was trying to figure out where in a hanger they could possibly place a camera. Lol.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)progressoid
(49,999 posts)Orrex
(63,224 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)where the hell is that dude?
Orrex
(63,224 posts)I'm starting to wonder if he every really existed at all.