I need help finding concealed listening devices and cameras that I suspect are in my rental home. NOTE: I am up and up and not engaged in any nefarious activities. Price is not a barrier.
Also, I find Amazon reviews contradictory. If you are a PRO, please help.
P.S. Please do not ask why I think I am Being Bugged.
Why is it bugging you?
So you want to BUY a RENTAL anti-DEbugging device…?
Good luck in your endeavor. I’ll keep my palps crossed for you.
He wants to buy a device to use in his rental home, yes. But the double negative in “anti-debugging” is definitely a problem.
To the OP: are there any spy gadget forums that might be more knowledgable? On a quick Google I found this old discussion that might help but there are probably more recent ones out there.
Maybe he wants to buy (rent?) a device to prevent people from removing the bugs that are in his home. That would be an anti-debugging device, wouldn’t it? 
This little pig went to market,
got an anti-debugger for home.
Checked for listening devices and cameras,
but this little piggy found none.
It depends entirely on what type of surreptitious devises are being used. A devise to scramble / block N-beams is not going to do a damn thing against a Fenris device.
You could try someplace like PI Mall. However, I would recommend that you contact a trained private investigator and hire them to do the search. The investigator is more likely to be trained to use the equipment effectively. Also, if the investigator uncovers evidence of bugging, he/she will be able to collect and preserve the evidence so that it will be useful in any legal proceeding you may want to initiate.
Reviews are contradictory because bug detection & removal is as much art as science. And because, ultimately, you’re trying to prove a negative: that zero bugs exist here for you local definition of “here”.
And there are lots of people who earnestly believe they have bugs but actually do not. No matter which scanner they buy (or rent:)) it detects nothing. Which they mistakenly believe constitutes malfunction, not incremental proof of the absence of bugs. Hence all the “It didn’t work for me” reviews.
There’s also the Bayesian problem. Assume you do in fact detect one actual factual bug. After removing it, are you now more or less likely to have another as yet undetected bug? Good statistical arguments can be made either way. It’s pretty clear which way an unstable person would conclude though.
Here are some bug detectors from a spy shop located at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. They range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. And given that the shop is in a tourist trap, I have no idea if the products are legitimate or just junk for people from out of town.
I think the money would be better utilized on a Tin-Foil hat.
I understand, you don’t want anyone to ask why you’re Being Bugged. But why do you think you’re being bugged?
To those who seem to be suggesting that Little_Pig is paranoid, I would just point out that landlords installing recording devices in apartments is not unheard of. I was trying to recall a story I heard a couple years ago of a woman whose apartment was found to have cameras installed. I didn’t find the story I was looking for, but I did find this one from last year in Kansas City. The article concludes:
I’ve never interacted with Little_Pig before. He (she?) may in fact be a member of the Tinfoil Hat Brigade. But, yaknow, maybe he actually needs help with the problem he’s asking about.
Do you want an anti-debugging device or a pro-debugging device? An anti-debugging device would keep you from debugging. I think they have a lot of those at Microsoft.
Do you mean listening devices, cameras, or both? And who do you suspect of installing them? Not why, who.
If you suspect the authorities, you might consider facing Mecca and praying five times a day, finish up by saying “Hail ISIS! Death to the Great Satan!” and develop the habit of talking to yourself (or your roommate, if you have one) saying things like “I’m home, and I have the bomb-making materials!” Do some Internet searches on “home made anthrax” or “how to bypass airport security” for extra credit. This will force them to tip their hand by sending you to Guantanomo Bay.
If it’s your landlord, things are much simpler. Locate the camera, hold up a butcher knife, point to it, then point to the camera while licking your lips. This works particularly well while naked, except for a hat made from balloon animals, and/or a Hitler mask. Then simply notice your landlord’s demeanor the next time you see him. If he avoids eye contact, you’re golden. If he asks you out on a date, you’ve made a new friend!
Regards,
Shodan
I’m pretty sure there was a documentary with Sharon Stone and one of the Baldwin brothers that specifically dealt with this issue.
Board meme!
(Yeah, sorta like “band name!”)
Do you have any spy shops in your city? Maybe you can ask them if they have anyone they’d recommend you can hire to do the scan for you. As a novice, if you didn’t find any, you wouldn’t know if the device you bought didn’t work, you didn’t use it properly, or if you don’t have any bugs. A pro would presumably know what he’s doing. You might also want to contact private investigation agencies in your area.
If there really are bugs in your house, it’s probably best to not call from your house and discuss your plans for this.