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Woman horrified after discovering hidden camera in Airbnb bathroom

A horrified woman says she has found a secret camera watching her in the bathroom of her Airbnb apartment.

Brittany Walsh posted a Tiktok video showing the surveillance device, which looks like a USB charger with a tiny pinhole lens in the front and an SD card slot in the back.

That wasn't the only spycam in the property however, the 25-year-old teacher and school psychologist also discovered a camera in the living room.

Shocked Brittany posted a video of the device with the caption “Someone’s boutta catch a felony for invasive visual recording in our Airbnb bathroom.”

She also recorded local police who came after she reported finding the bug, her vido shows two officers taking notes in the living room.

What do you make of Brittany's story? Have your say in the comment section

Brittany Walsh was shocked by the find (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)
Brittany found a spy camera in the bathroom of her Airbnb rental and another in the living room (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)

“Looked like a plug…the camera part wasn’t obvious. We didn’t think anything of it for a while,” she wrote in the comments.

Her video of the cameras found in her Airbnb room, which appears to be in the city of Austin, Texas has been viewed more than 538,000 times since Monday.

She said her original video was deleted so she posted it again.

Recording people without their permission is a felony in the state of Texas (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)
Brittany showed the device to her TikTok followers (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)

“It’s a felony in Texas. And against Airbnb’s policy. It’s on their website of what they do and don’t allow in regard to cameras,” wrote Ms Walsh.

She also said: “"I assume the owners would be smart enough to hide it better. My best guess is their cleaning service put it there.

"The (device) records locally to the SD card, you’d have to have the SD card itself to access the recordings.

Police were called (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)
Where she found the device (@brittany..walsh/TikTok)

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"Has to be someone with repeated access."

Airbnb said it is investigating, in a statement to DailyDot.

Commenting on the video, one TikTok user suggested: “Put the micro SD card in a computer. The first video should be the person who originally plugged it in.”

While others offered handy tips on how to spot hotels or holiday accomodation for hidden cameras.

One wrote: “A big one is smoke alarms too. Most good cameras you would never find though. There are apps that can scan the Wi-Fi for devices that are cameras.”

Another said: “Always turn all lights off and record with no flash on your phone everywhere in every room. If you see a flashing light it’s most likely a camera.”

It said: "Airbnb strictly prohibits 'hidden cameras' as well as recording devices of any kind in private spaces such as bathrooms and bedrooms.

"We take this allegation extremely seriously and our dedicated safety team is thoroughly investigating."

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