Security News > 2022 > May > Lumos System Can Find Hidden Cameras and IoT Devices in Your Airbnb or Hotel Room

A group of academics has devised a system that can be used on a phone or a laptop to identify and locate Wi-Fi-connected hidden IoT devices in unfamiliar physical spaces.

With hidden cameras being increasingly used to snoop on individuals in hotel rooms and Airbnbs, the goal is to be able to pinpoint such rogue devices without much of a hassle.

At its core, the platform works by snuffing and collecting encrypted wireless packets over the air to detect and identify concealed devices.

What's more, Lumos can localize IoT devices irrespective of the user's walking speed.

The research evaluated Lumos across 44 different IoT devices spanning various types, models, and brands across six different environments, finding that it can identify hidden devices with 95% accuracy and locate them with a median error of 1.5m within 30 minutes in a two-bedroom, 1000 sq.

"Lumos can potentially generalize across different device brands and models, as long as it has seen at least one device with similar behavior in the training phase," the researchers said, pointing to how the system can even identify unprofiled devices.

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