Hidden cameras & optics
Detection of covert lenses, pinhole cameras, disguised recording devices, and visual surveillance placements across high-value spaces.
Choose your environment
Precision for the places where privacy matters most
Homes, offices, suites, yachts, and vehicles all have different weak spots. Every job starts with the room, the routine, and who has access.
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Table Lamp
Powered audio
Decorative lamps provide concealment, power, and ideal placement for room audio. We inspect bases, inline switches, cords, bulbs, and nearby outlets.
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Television
Embedded camera
Screens and bezels conceal pinhole lenses, Wi‑Fi modules, and parasitic devices powered by existing USB or internal rails.
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Planter
Network relay
Planters and decorative objects can hide battery packs, antennas, and Wi‑Fi interception tools without disturbing the look of the room.
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Ceiling Fixture
High-angle camera
Ceiling devices are inspected for power anomalies, lens apertures, RF behavior, and modifications to housings or wiring.
Residence
For primary homes, estates, pied-à-terres, guest houses, and staff-accessible areas. Sweeps are conducted with a residential touch — respectful of interiors, schedules, household staff, and family discretion.
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Conference Table
Meeting-room audio
Cable grommets, chargers, speakerphones, and decorative objects are common points for persistent audio capture in boardrooms.
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Desk Phone
Line / VoIP compromise
Phones are examined for physical taps, unexpected firmware behavior, and network pathways that could expose privileged conversations.
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Power Outlet
Charger device
Wall adapters and USB power accessories are tested as potential concealment points for audio, camera, or network hardware.
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Ceiling Fixture
Pinhole camera
A clean sightline and permanent power make ceiling fixtures a first-priority inspection zone in executive rooms.
Office
For C-suites, conference rooms, deal rooms, and private workspaces where strategy, transactions, litigation, and personnel matters are discussed.
Family offices and counsel are frequent clients here: principals, advisors, and trustees managing financial, governance, and succession conversations that cannot be overheard.
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Salon AV Cabinet
Network / AV exposure
Entertainment racks and hidden cabinetry can hold recorders, transmitters, or rogue network devices introduced during service, charter, or refit.
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Bridge Electronics
Comms environment
Navigation, satellite, and communications hardware are reviewed for unexpected devices, wiring changes, and access points that extend beyond the vessel.
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Owner’s Suite Entry
Private-cabin risk
Entryways and suite thresholds are high-value locations for audio capture and movement awareness across private areas.
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Ceiling Sensor
Pinhole / powered device
Overhead fixtures, sensors, and access panels are inspected for lens apertures, power anomalies, and concealed electronics.
Yacht
For owner's cabins, saloons, bridge areas, and crew-accessible spaces. Charter turnovers, yard periods, and rotating crew all create access, and a vessel is rarely empty for long.
Work is timed around the vessel's schedule and carried out without alarming guests, captain, or crew.
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Bedside Lamp
Guest-room audio
Suite lamps, alarm clocks, and charging stations are evaluated before sensitive conversations or VIP arrivals.
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Television Wall
Visual surveillance
Entertainment walls can conceal cameras and networked devices while appearing untouched by housekeeping or staff.
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Desk Surface
Travel exposure
Temporary workspaces are checked for planted recorders, rogue charging accessories, and network risks before use.
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Ceiling Sensor
Room infrastructure
Smoke detectors, occupancy sensors, and access panels are reviewed for lensing, wiring, and RF signatures.
Hotel suite
For suites, meeting rooms, temporary offices, and event spaces where privacy must be established quickly and without spectacle.
Rooms are booked, cleaned, and serviced by people you did not choose. A sweep before the conversation is the only way to know what is in the room.
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Center Console
Audio recorder
Executive vehicle consoles offer storage, power, and proximity to passengers. We inspect compartments, controls, and trim seams.
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Rear Vents
Concealed transmitter
Vent housings and rear controls are checked for unusual wiring, camera apertures, and after-market modifications.
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Seat Base
GPS / battery device
Trackers and battery-powered devices are frequently concealed under seats, along rails, and behind removable panels.
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Door Panel
Hardware modification
Door panels and armrests are examined for microphones, wiring changes, and devices introduced during service or detailing.
Vehicle
For principal vehicles, chauffeured cars, and anything left with valets, garages, or service departments.
Tracking and audio devices are most often introduced during routine servicing, storage, or a brief loan of the keys — not by force.
Technical surveillance countermeasures
The things we look for
Surveillance is rarely obvious any more. It hides in ordinary objects, in the wiring, on the Wi-Fi, and in devices already trusted inside the room.
Listening devices & transmitters
Assessment for radio frequency transmissions, concealed microphones, recorders, and anomalous signal activity.
Network & device exposure
Review of wireless environments, suspicious connected devices, rogue access points, and practical indicators of digital compromise.
Physical placement review
Examination of furnishings, fixtures, power, cabling, vents, electronics, and other plausible points of introduction.
The method
A calm, disciplined process
We come in quietly, work carefully, document what matters, and leave the room the way we found it. Nothing is discussed with anyone you have not approved.
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Private intake
We begin with a confidential consultation to understand the property, timeline, access concerns, recent events, and any specific rooms or devices requiring priority attention.
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Discreet scheduling
Arrival, duration, and access are arranged around the client's routine. For residences, offices, hotels, or legal settings, coordination can be handled through counsel, an assistant, security, or a family office representative.
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Technical sweep
The environment is examined for covert audio, video, RF activity, network anomalies, suspicious electronics, and physical concealment points using appropriate counter-surveillance techniques and instrumentation.
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Findings & documentation
Results are presented clearly and privately. When appropriate, findings may include photographs, device notes, location references, and practical recommendations for remediation or ongoing protection.
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Aftercare
We remain available for follow-up questions, resweeps before sensitive meetings, travel support, or coordination with trusted security, IT, legal, or household teams.
Private-client standard
Discretion is not an add-on. It is the engagement.
Most clients do not need drama. They need to know the room is clean before the meeting starts. Assignments are handled on a need-to-know basis, with care around who you are, where you are, and who else is in the house.
Confidential by design
Information is limited to approved contacts. Reports, photographs, and notes are handled with restraint and shared only as directed.
Respect for the space
Residences, suites, and offices are treated with the care expected in private luxury environments: deliberate movement, protective handling, and no unnecessary disturbance.
No spectacle
The objective is certainty, not drama. We avoid alarmist language and focus on evidence, context, and practical next steps.
Attorney & advisor friendly
Engagements may be coordinated through counsel, family offices, executive assistants, estate managers, or security directors when discretion requires an intermediary.
By private appointment
Clear the room before the conversation.
If you have a sensitive meeting ahead, a change in staff or vendors, a high-profile visit, a contested matter, or simply a need for assurance, request a confidential consultation.
We will talk through the setting, the concern, and what the job should actually cover — quietly, directly, and with no pressure to turn a simple need for reassurance into something bigger.
If you are in immediate danger, contact emergency services first. If you believe the device you are reading this on may be monitored, use a different device or a trusted person's phone to reach us.
Empire Investigation LLC · Technical surveillance countermeasures for private clients, executives, attorneys, residences, offices, and travel environments. Enquiries are handled on a need-to-know basis. Prefer email? intake@areyoususpicious.com. Full service detail at areyoususpicious.com/bugsweeps.