Korean Man Arrested Who Installed 93 Spy Cameras in Hotel Rooms
Stories like this make me want to do a complete check of a hotel room in Korea for these spy cameras:
Two men who installed miniature spy cameras in 30 motels and live-streamed footage of around 1,600 guests were arrested, police announced Wednesday.
Joong Ang Ilbo
Since August last year, a 50-year-old man surnamed Park and a 48-year-old man surnamed Kim installed spy cameras in 42 rooms in 30 motels located in 10 cities throughout the country.
The diameter of the camera lenses was smaller than 1 millimeter (0.04 inches), and the two men installed them in parts of TVs, power sockets and even in the hangers for hair dryers that hang on the wall in bathrooms.
Each camera had a wireless function that allowed the men to upload online videos taken on the camera to various websites.
The lives of around 1,600 guests in these motel rooms were streamed live on a pornography website that Kim ran on an overseas server.
Park and Kim made users pay for the videos on the website, and they made some 7 million won in total ($6,197) from 97 members.
You can read more at the link, but it seems like this is a small payoff considering the expense and work that went into installing the cameras.
GIKorea: “Stories like this make me want to do a complete check of a hotel room in Korea for these spy cameras”
There are pervy weirdos everywhere – you should probably check the room regardless of what country you’re in.
These weren’t 4 or 5 star hotels. They were closer to yogwans. They commonly have jury rigged appliances, dispensers and fixtures. If you are going to be paranoid over every little pinhole you notice, you won’t be getting any rest.
Even when you think you’ve got them all covered with your always handy masking tape, you’ll still feel like you missed some and are being watched.
Just think. Thesze are the only 2 creeps who got caught. (play twilight zone theme)
You don’t control your data in the cloud. You don’t control your personal information on social media. You don’t control the photons in a public space.
Get used to it.
Bonus: If interested, I sell a device that protects you from hidden cameras. It also protects you from all cameras… but will get the attention of authorities if used in public. It may be illegal to use in some situations.
With my glorious 50+ body, these boys would pay me to get off their feed. I know there’s freaks who hope to see “nekkid wimmins” on a website they pay for, but honestly I worry more about bed bugs and other tiny critters that infest hotel mattresses.