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Old 11-07-2022, 06:38 AM
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I would not want to stay in a hotel with this thing in the room. And a scarier fact is that there might be some devices that are not that evident. There might be hidden cameras and microphones all around a hotel room, and there were numerous cases when people found them. That’s why I almost never stay in hotels and choose them carefully.
I also think that some of the devices we have at home might have this listening function, and that’s why I keep my Vont smart remote-control plugs off when I am not using them. And my phone is listening too. You might call me crazy, but it does, and it uses it to create more relevant ads.
When wife and I first were married, had a home in the burbs. She (from the city) insists on every shade/curtain/window closed at night no matter how unlikely or improbable a peeper might be.

I grew up in the country where one would excuse themselves and turn around and pee.

She used to say, "what if someone looks in the window and sees you naked"

I'd say "well that's their fault, shouldn't have been looking"

It is fascinating how different humans sense of privacy importance can be from full nudists to full burka wearing only in the dark.
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Old 11-07-2022, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ouafaex View Post
I would not want to stay in a hotel with this thing in the room. And a scarier fact is that there might be some devices that are not that evident. There might be hidden cameras and microphones all around a hotel room, and there were numerous cases when people found them. That’s why I almost never stay in hotels and choose them carefully.
I also think that some of the devices we have at home might have this listening function, and that’s why I keep my Vont smart remote-control plugs off when I am not using them. And my phone is listening too. You might call me crazy, but it does, and it uses it to create more relevant ads.
I have been in hotel rooms in developing countries that I am certain were bugged.
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Old 11-07-2022, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ouafaex View Post
I would not want to stay in a hotel with this thing in the room. And a scarier fact is that there might be some devices that are not that evident. There might be hidden cameras and microphones all around a hotel room, and there were numerous cases when people found them. That’s why I almost never stay in hotels and choose them carefully.
I also think that some of the devices we have at home might have this listening function, and that’s why I keep my Vont smart remote-control plugs off when I am not using them. And my phone is listening too. You might call me crazy, but it does, and it uses it to create more relevant ads.
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I have been in hotel rooms in developing countries that I am certain were bugged.
Well done.
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When wife and I first were married, had a home in the burbs. She (from the city) insists on every shade/curtain/window closed at night no matter how unlikely or improbable a peeper might be.

I grew up in the country where one would excuse themselves and turn around and pee.

She used to say, "what if someone looks in the window and sees you naked"

I'd say "well that's their fault, shouldn't have been looking"

It is fascinating how different humans sense of privacy importance can be from full nudists to full burka wearing only in the dark.
I grew up in ‘the coutnry’ and my wife is, for all practical purposes, a city girl. We live in a beautiful compromise in that we live so close to town we might as well be in town but we have several acres with no neighbors in sight. We have the same kind of ‘discussions’.
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Old 11-07-2022, 07:49 PM
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I used to be a confident up and coming lawyer. Just fresh out of college. Had the firm of my choice. When I chose one they supplied me with a car, house, money…all the nice things in life. Then I realized they were spying on me and my wife. I had to turn the volume up really loud on the radio to tell her. Her reaction was hard. It was a tough break but we got out. A vacation in the Caribbean was fun but they watched me there too.
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Old 11-07-2022, 09:07 PM
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I’d be more worried if the bed sheets were actually changed with a washed set when the room was cleaned than the hotel bugging the room.
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Old 11-08-2022, 05:28 AM
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I deleted the spam bot you guys were talking to.
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I’d be more worried if the bed sheets were actually changed with a washed set when the room was cleaned than the hotel bugging the room.
Exactly, get a black light off Amazon and have a go before you enter your next hotel room. You'll probably sleep with your clothes and shoes on.
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Originally Posted by Flyonwall View Post
I used to be a confident up and coming lawyer. Just fresh out of college. Had the firm of my choice. When I chose one they supplied me with a car, house, money…all the nice things in life. Then I realized they were spying on me and my wife. I had to turn the volume up really loud on the radio to tell her. Her reaction was hard. It was a tough break but we got out. A vacation in the Caribbean was fun but they watched me there too.
I would read that book.
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