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Is there a spycam in your hotel room? What you need to know before checking in
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A growing demand for voyeuristic content online has fuelled the proliferation of spycam technology, with cameras getting smaller and easier to conceal.
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- Hidden cameras, increasingly sophisticated and easily concealed, pose a growing risk in accommodations worldwide, enabling voyeurism and online distribution.
- Experts advise travellers to conduct visual sweeps for hidden devices, focusing on common concealment points, and to report discoveries to the authorities.
- Cybercrime, including phishing and QR code scams, is a rising threat, and travellers should verify communications, limit location sharing and avoid public Wi-Fi.
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SINGAPORE – Where they once lurked in public toilets and changing rooms, the Peeping Toms of today have evolved – and so has the technology that enables them.
Armed with pinhole cameras no larger than a thumbnail, and with live-streaming capabilities, offenders now operate at a high level of sophistication. Entire networks can feed voyeuristic content to audiences online, often through platforms that exist in dark corners of the internet.
