Video Voyeurism: Hidden Cameras in Your Home

High-Tech Peeping Toms Relax in Bed with You

So, you've seen the CIA movies where hidden cameras are cleverly placed to catch a criminal in an illegal act, right? Have you seen the one where, though it is illegal, cameras are secretly hidden in private homes of law-abiding citizens? Did you see the one where these law-abiding citizens are being secretly taped doing everyday things by a video voyeur? The window-lurking peeping Toms make way for the new, high tech enriched video voyeurs of the 21st Century. Your private moment using the bathroom may not be so private after all, even in your own home.

The stories of voyeuristic gas station owners placing cameras in the vents of the bathrooms and people using their cell phones to take pictures up skirts have circulated in the newspapers and on the news. The story that is not generally told is how, at this very moment, people all over the globe are being videotaped or photographed without their knowledge from within their own homes. Most of the acquired video and photos are then passed on to pornographic websites. Yes, when you hopped out of the shower this morning, it's possible your relaxing moment was sent over the web, live.

There are thousands of stories littering the internet that describe someone's horror as they realize they are being taped. Hotel rooms, classrooms, public restrooms, private restrooms, bedrooms, offices, gyms, dorm rooms, tanning beds, spas, high school locker rooms; these are just some of the places hidden cameras have been found. Now that you are thoroughly paranoid, it is time to discuss how to prevent this ultimate invasion of your privacy.