Posted on 01/23/2015 2:44:00 PM PST by lowbridge
Eyewitness News has learned of a second investigation underway involving a hidden camera discovered in a Chicago bedroom.
The camera was hidden inside a smoke alarm in the man's Bucktown apartment. The victim, who wished to conceal his identity, says he found a card containing recordings of 56 separate incidents over the previous two months, including numerous private and intimate moments.
"I don't know where the videos went, what's being done with them, so it's extremely upsetting," the victim said.
He was new to Chicago when he moved into the Bucktown apartment last November. But in a matter of days, he noticed the smoke detector in the bedroom ceiling was hanging awkwardly and it seemed to be pointed at his bed. When he pulled it down to check it out, he got quite a surprise. Hidden inside the shell of the smoke detector was a small camera, a wireless router, an Ethernet port, and a micro SD card.
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I suspect this is quite common these days given the low cost and minimal size of the equipment.
Peeping Tom, 2015 style.
...he found a card containing recordings of 56 separate incidents over the previous two months, including numerous private and intimate moments.
Very embarrassing. Especially if he lives and sleeps alone.
Probably opposed the Dem Machine, gather info. Blackmail is useful
Apartment maintenance guy................
Bucktown. Sounds gay. I’m just saying.
My guess is he’s starring in some XXX rated movies somewhere..............
Why would an internet connected spy camera be bothering to store anything locally. If only because its limited local memory would soon fill up.
"Menage a Uno"...
Buck Naked in Bucktown. Could be a hit.
Before I retired I worked in the HR department at a major company. We once had a situation where an employee was peeing on the chairs of female employees (after hours). We figured he must be hiding in a restroom at the end of the business day, then sneaking out to do his business. We asked Security to put a camera up to catch him. They showed us the camera and a smoke detector housing it would be placed in. Before he was caught a somewhat paranoid employee asked about the new “smoke detector” and said he thought it was a camera. Security had left the smoke detector box above the ceiling tiles. A Facilities employee went up on a ladder and pulled out the box, assuring everyone it was just a smoke detector. The employee who was misbehaving was caught a few days later and fired. And of course it was the employee who was worried about a camera. Bottom line, smoke detector housings are used legitimately all the time to hide a camera. But at times I’m sure they are used by people who do not have a legitimate reason to hide a camera.
Store located in Chicago
You're referring to the size of the camera?
Involving Madame Fistina and her five lovely daughters.
All sorts of possible explanations. The previous resident may have rigged the device to capture anything in the frame as a way of checking up on a suspected cheating spouse whenever motion was detected in the room (some smoke detectors also contain motion sensors). Such a device might even conceivably be controlled remotely, even from a smart phone. Tricky, but a private detective might even be able to find a technician capable of the job.
Or: something done to snoop on a baby sitter?
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All sorts of possible explanations. The previous resident may have rigged the device to capture anything in the frame as a way of checking up on a suspected cheating spouse whenever motion was detected in the room (some smoke detectors also contain motion sensors). Such a device might even conceivably be controlled remotely, even from a smart phone. Tricky, but a private detective might even be able to find a technician capable of the job.
Or: something done to snoop on a baby sitter?
You can buy spy cameras on Amazon. Google spy cameras for lots of sources. Here’s just one link ...
http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/category/spy+gear/spy+cameras.do
Doesn’t sound like a good design decision to retain the videos once they had been uploaded to the internet. But it certainly was helpful for the spy-ee to see what had been spied upon.
If I were to hazard a guess, I would say it probably stored the content locally until whomever owned it connected and downloaded it, then erased the files freeing up space for more videos.
Even though it was connected to a router and ethernet card, there's nothing mentioned about a CPU (computer) that could be programmed to automatically upload to an account/FTP server.
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