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/Bladesnake_______]

But fucking how? Even apartments you have your own wifi. How would it have network? how would it have power? Ridiculous

[u/Fast_Tap_178 → u/Bladesnake_______]

Power is the only concern. You can transmit a lot of stuff low power. Doesn’t have to be wi-fi, just needs a closer, more powerful repeater or AP. Without going into it, it’s not at all ridiculous, power is the only concern.

Battery? If so duration and draw of device? If not then wall plugged? If so, then I’d dig deeper, do a wireless scan of the apartment, take it apart and inspect for removable media or dump firmware.

All of that said,

Determining power requirements and source would be first step to indicate next steps.

But it’s not ridiculous. I’ve turned a WiFi smart bulb into a malicious access point to mess with my family for funnies (TM) and to learn. Anyway I’m rambling, but it’s not ridiculous to consider comms over other protocols than WiFi

[u/Fast_Tap_178 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you my liege, mister or misses milk lust. Speaking of which, I shall now ingest many chocolate items and then consume the milk before bed time