Find listening devices: This is how it works

Finding listening devices is not always easy. However, there are a few tricks.

Finding listening devices – these are your options

Finding listening devices or mini cameras can be an elaborate action. The devices are so small that they can be placed almost invisibly anywhere. However, before you hire a professional for a lot of money, try the following tips first:

• First, examine the room in question for unknown objects. Eavesdropping devices may be tiny, but they are by no means invisible. The devices are often placed in places where no one usually looks. Popular places to place the bugging device inconspicuously are, for example, smoke detectors, wall pictures, ceiling lamps, behind a mirror or cupboard.

• Hidden listening devices in private households are usually not of too high a quality and are therefore usually not silent. In normal everyday life, the quiet noises often go unnoticed. However, if you switch off all other devices in the evening or early in the morning, you may hear a clicking or humming sound from the listening devices.

• If you have a concrete suspicion that you are being bugged, it may be worthwhile to buy an RF detector. You can get the devices in a wide variety of designs and the somewhat higher-quality ones also look for mini cameras as well.

• Alternatively, turn on the radio and walk around the rooms with it. Often listening devices as sources of interference cause corresponding noises in other electronic devices.

• If your efforts have not led to any results, but you are quite sure that you are being spied on, you still have the option of resorting to professional help. You can find such an agency on the Internet, but it’s not cheap.