Hidden camera

Hidden cameras can be built into a wide variety of items, ranging from electronics (television sets, smoke detectors, clocks, motion detectors, mobile phones, personal computers) to everyday objects where electronics are not expected to be found (stationery, plants, glasses, clothing, street lights[1]).

Hidden cameras may be installed within common household objects for parents to monitor and record the activities of nannies and sometimes the children themselves.

[2] Some hidden camera television shows have also led to lawsuits or the cancellation of episodes by the people who were trapped in set-ups that they found unpleasant.

[citation needed] Hidden cameras are sometimes placed in holiday rental apartments such as those advertised on Airbnb.

[3] Hidden cameras are sometimes used in reality television and social media, where they are used to catch participants in unusual or absurd situations.

This latter subgenre of unwitting participants began in the 1940s with Allen Funt's Candid Microphone theatrical short films.

In South Korea, hidden cameras (abbreviated to Molka in Korean) proliferated in the 2010s and enabled the spread of voyeuristic images and videos.

[6][7] The use of hidden cameras is generally permitted under UK law, if used in a legal manner and towards legitimate ends.