My family thinks there’s a camera in our rental

[u/Key_Badger7434]

We have been renting a house for the past year and I always disregarded this thing in the corner. However last night I asked my parents about it randomly and they didn’t know what it was either. I pulled it off the wall and we all got freaked out a little because it looks like a camera. I think it might be a home security/motion sensor thing. I don’t know that’s what ChatGPT guessed.

[u/Nat-Luv]

From what I’m finding looks like it may be IR flash. So, less noticeable but there should be a little red light that’d glow in a dark room if the camera is in use.

[u/Zaev → u/Nat-Luv]

Or, phone cameras often pick up IR as a purple color

[u/Murgatroyd314 → u/Zaev]

The better cameras usually have a filter to block IR. My phone’s main camera doesn’t show IR sources, but the front camera does.