Guides
Privacy & anti-surveillance guides
Simple, practical routines for checking the places you stay, work and drive.
How to Check a Hotel Room or Airbnb for Hidden Cameras
A step-by-step routine to check a hotel room or Airbnb for hidden cameras in about 10 minutes, with or without a detector.
Read the guideHow to Check Your Car for a GPS Tracker
Where GPS trackers are usually hidden on a car and how to find them with a visual check, a magnetic probe and an RF scan.
Read the guideAirbnb Hidden Cameras: Your Rights and How to Check Your Rental
What Airbnb's rules say about cameras, where hosts hide them, and a 10-minute routine to check your rental when you arrive.
Read the guideHow to Use an RF Detector to Find Bugs and Hidden Cameras
How RF bug detectors work, how to set sensitivity, how to tell a real signal from a false alarm, and what they can't find.
Read the guideAre Bug Detectors Worth It? What They Can and Can't Do
An honest look at hidden camera and bug detectors: what they find, their limits, who benefits most, and what to look for when buying one.
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