Hidden cameras, by definition, are cameras that are intended to be placed in areas where discretionary recording could be vital and suspicious activity could be occurring. The main three areas where people feel hidden cameras are necessary are at their business, their living room, and their child’s bedroom.

Those who own businesses, for example, a small store of some kind, are using hidden cameras to watch their property. The main advantage of being hidden is that so potential burglars don’t know they’re being watched. Also, many of these cameras can be in black and white, which allows for better recording capabilities at night and give you a better chance of being able to identify the offender.

Another popular area to set up one of these concealed cameras is in the living room. Many folks have very valuable things, both in monetary value and sentimental value taking up residence in their living rooms. People, families who live near neighborhoods that aren’t exactly the nicest environments in particular, placing these cameras here may be concerned about possible night time burglars, or they could be worried about their small child’s caretaker damaging their property or stealing the property themselves. In either case, cameras that are disguised as mirrors or perhaps as an alarm clock, could allow you and your family to rest easy at night, while discreetly watching your things.

The third place which is widely used is a small child’s bedroom. Most of the time this is done because the parent hires a nanny of some sort to take care of their child while they’re away and so they put a hidden camera disguised as a teddy bear, or maybe an alarm clock, in the room. Many nannies have been caught mistreating the child or stealing belongings of the owners this way, so it is quite effective.

These top three areas that people place their hidden cameras (business, living room, or child’s room) are good and effective places to use them. The reasons behind them are equally as good. Never feel limited by the reasons or places, however. The covert cameras that are applied in these situations can be just as effective in most any other place that you want discretionary recording to take place. For whatever the reason, wherever you may need it, covert hidden cameras can give you a sense of peace and security that, perhaps with a normal camera, you might not otherwise get.