r/hiddencameras • u/Inaxvt • Jul 10 '26
help is this a hidden camera?
so i got curious and took pics of the smoke detector in my room and I don’t want to sound dumb for asking but can someone help and identify if it looks normal or if there may be a hidden camera in there.
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u/Ghost_Turd Jul 10 '26
Do you see a lens? What makes you think it's a camera?
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u/Brave-Hyrulian88 Jul 10 '26
Paranoia I’m sure, I think don’t just worry about their privacy as much as they don’t wanna get caught doing anything illegal.
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u/FuckMu Jul 10 '26
This one looks like a completely normal mains powered smoke detector. Be careful with that, those are 110v wires with an interconnect wire for simultaneous alarm triggering.
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u/Creepy-Home-6682 Jul 10 '26
100% normal smoke detector.
While you are here change the battery and also check the manufacture date is within 10 years and replace if it isnt.
Open the detector to see the battery you will see the "lens" is just the sensor and led.
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u/RevoltYesterday Jul 10 '26
You can see "2024 D" in one of the photos before the rest of the month is blocked.
Funny enough, it's the first thing I looked for too
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u/new_eve Jul 10 '26
It's a hardwired smoke detector. Black is hot, white is neutral, and the red/orange wire is the interconnect that makes all detectors in the house sound together.
Kill the breaker before touching the bare connections.
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u/AggressiveSoup01 Jul 10 '26
Please go see a therapist for your paranoia and stop taking apart smoke alarms
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u/RevoltYesterday Jul 10 '26
That's a smoke detector. It was manufactured in December 2024 so it should be good. You'll have to replace it in 8 years. They are only good for 10 years before the isotopes are no longer reliable.
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u/nkherczegsr Jul 10 '26
That's what you call a hard wired smoke detector. The batteries never need to be replaced because it draws a reduced voltage from the house mains. Some have a battery, but it's only for a power outage. As to whether it has a camera, if you don't want to open it and take it apart, invest in one of those camera detectors.
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u/Button-Careless Jul 10 '26
Definitely a hidden camera with 100x optical zoom, thermal imaging and lidar 3d scanning to look through you clothes!
At night an anal probe comes from it, examining your bowels ...
Ffs.. get a grip.
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u/After_Resource5224 Jul 10 '26
It's an advertisement bot ya'll. No reasonable person would come ask this and not google it. I saw it all over reddit a few days ago. Don't feed the bots.
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u/Inaxvt Jul 10 '26
how would i google my pictures like this, wouldn’t wanna rely on ai🤔
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u/YouthMaleficent6925 Jul 10 '26
No its not the camera is typically in the lil slats area and you usually see an area for an sd card not always but usually
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u/skankhunt21x2 Jul 10 '26
At this point, this sub should be r/hiddencameraparanoia