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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Q: how to detect hidden cams and mics? (programming.dev)

submitted 23 hours ago by somegeek@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hi people.

I suspect my office might be bugged. How should I detect hidden cams and mics?

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 hours ago

Amazon has some no name brands for not insane money. But used you can get actual flir stuff for pretty cheap. Especially those phone attachment cameras. Just know as “technology progresses” they might stop working with new OS versions.