Question

Has anyone found a clever way of hiding a Ring Stick Up cam inside the house? Update: NOT for the bathroom, or any creepy reason. I just have many scattered throughout the house for security/doggy cam and don’t want extended family/friends to feel uncomfortable when they visit, like we’re always filming them. I’m thinking about trying a Air Wick Freshmatic case. Looks like it might be just the right size, and the ring lense could peek out the spray hole.  

Answer 1

I have four cameras inside my house for security. We’re gone a lot on vacations and to our camp. Our house sitter that stays at our house when we don’t take our three dogs with us said she sees them a lot inside the houses she sits at so I think it’s fairly common. She said she’s not bothered by them at all as long as there’s none in the bedroom or bathrooms (which I agree would be wrong).  

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@virtual A friend, who is one of the more paranoid people I know, was telling me how great the Amazon Spot works as an alarm clock, so I bought one, and first thing I did was crazy glue a small gem over the camera to prevent it from being used. Then my friend says she wants to video chat from our beds at night. I was horrified, and tried to explain that cameras can be hacked and turned on, or even turned on accidentally by the user, and that I thought she should also cover the camera, but somehow, she’s convinced that since her brother set it up for her, it’s foolproof. ‍♀️

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@burglary9 yikes! Cameras definitely can easily be hacked.  

Answer 2

Why hide it?  

Answer 3

Is this even legal?  

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@bushing if it’s your home.  

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@bushing why wouldn’t it be?  

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@korenblat possibly. But man does this peg the creepy meter

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@bushing it could. Depends on the use case. If it was being used as a nanny cam? All for it.  

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@bushing I’d rather prevent and let them know theirs cameras. Hidden ones capture behaviors that I’d rather not occur. You know what I mean? When people are aware of being video taped they tend to behave.  

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@reduce I agree 100%. I don’t understand the desire to hide security measures. It doesn’t detract at all.  

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@bushing I just added an update on my original post. Didn’t think about the creepy meter  - not for the bathroom or anything.  

Answer 4

Kinda looks suspect if u have a wire coming from it .  

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@acima , I have oil lamp with a cord to it's not suspicious

Answer 5

The IR emitters will be covered. But depending on the conditions might not be an issue. Keep us updated.  

Answer 6

Hiding it in the bathroom lol. I think it would cover the light sensors so you would be on permanent night vision. may also be covering the motion sensors so you would only be able to use live view

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@putter *not in the bathroom.  

Answer 7

A tall Candle holder will do.  

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They sell some in hobby lobby

Answer 8

That is just creepy. If you have visitors over and they find notice a hidden camera in your house disguised as an air freshener, that is going to be extremely awkward.  

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@diathermic hahah, I thought so too. And they’d never tell you they found it. Just label you a creep and gossip, lol.  

Answer 9

Creep factor is high here. Plus visible security cameras are themselves a form of security. Hiding them in your own house just seems weird

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@cycad I updated the original post to specify. Not being creepy here, just visitor comfort without having to remove them all the time.  

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@calefactory realize you’re not trying to be creepy but disguising camera in the home is going to have a high creep factor regardless

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@oxyhydrogen I went into a public washroom downtown once, and there was a sign outside the main door, saying there was a camera in there for security. I went in, found the camera, gave it the middle finger, and covered it up. WTH?  

Answer 10

I understand what you're saying. I got family & friends that will either cover their faces when they are walking up to the house (Ring doorbell) or refuse to come over due to it.  

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@authoritarian shoot! I would love that problem! Too many friends like to come over. Maybe I should setup a web camera in living room? Lol. But seriously. Sick of hosting. Lol.  

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@authoritarian Really? They must be really paranoid. Do they realize how many cameras there are in public spaces, and do they hide in their own homes all the time to avoid being recorded?