Dowse vs Hidden Camera Bug Detector

Someone found a camera in an Airbnb once, and the whole internet remembers. You still have to sleep somewhere tonight. Dowse checks the room. Three passes, about 90 seconds, one report. THE SWEEP First the Wi-Fi: every device on the network gets probed, and anything that behaves like a camera gets flagged. You can open a suspect's own page right from the report to see what it calls itself. Then Bluetooth: trackers, beacons, and gadgets that have no reason to be in a rented bedroom. Last comes the part most apps skip because it can't be faked, a guided check of the eight places cameras actually hide. Smoke detector. Alarm clock. That USB charger charging nothing. Your torch becomes a lens-glint scanner. Your camera becomes an infrared scope, because night-vision cameras flood the room with light your eyes can't see. Point a TV remote at it and press any button. See the flash? That's the idea. THE HONEST PART Every report also lists what it could not check. A camera that records to a memory card and never joins a network is invisible to every phone app, ours included. That's exactly why the physical checklist exists. We would rather tell you the limits than sell you certainty nobody has. FIND YOUR LOST STUFF Earbuds under the couch again. Pick the device, walk, and the number climbs as you get closer, with Geiger clicks speeding up. 60... 74... 91. There they are. Works with anything that speaks Bluetooth. WATCHING YOUR BACK Dowse quietly notices when the same unknown tracker keeps appearing around you in different places. And it stays silent otherwise. No panic alerts about your neighbor's speaker. Your first sweep and your first hunt are free. After that they require an active subscription. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Vigil turns your phone into a five-channel sweep for hidden cameras, microphones and trackers. It is the check worth doing before you unpack in a hotel room, a holiday rental, a changing room or an office. FIVE WAYS TO FIND A CAMERA Infrared: night-vision cameras flood a dark room with light your eyes cannot see. The front camera can see it, and Vigil under-exposes the sensor until only the emitters are left. Lens glint: glass reflects light straight back at its source. Sweep with the torch and a lens answers with a small, hard, motionless spark. Magnetic: every camera worth hiding holds a magnet and a switching supply, both of which bend the local field. This is the only channel that finds a camera that is switched off. Wi-Fi: lists every device on the network you are on and flags the ones answering on the ports IP cameras stream over. Bluetooth: finds battery cameras, voice recorders and trackers that advertise themselves, and tells you when one is getting closer. WHERE TO LOOK Smoke detectors, air vents, alarm clocks, chargers, mirrors, TV bezels, power strips, air fresheners and decorative holes. Each mode explains what it is measuring and how to sweep properly. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every scan runs on your device. No video is recorded, no network data leaves the phone, no account is needed and nothing is uploaded — a privacy tool that phoned home would be a contradiction. Vigil raises suspicion, it does not prove anything. If you find something you cannot explain, stop, leave it in place and call the front desk or the police. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/