University of Oklahoma

Qiuye He

Yan He

Song Fang

A method is for detecting and localizing a wireless camera in an environment suspected to contain the wireless camera. The method comprises: instructing a user to perform a predetermined motion in the environment, wherein the predetermined motion is detectable within a detection range of a motion sensor of the wireless camera; scanning for and collecting a wireless traffic flow in the environment via a sniffing device; analyzing the wireless traffic flow to identify an OUI; comparing the OUI to an existing public OUI database to determine if the wireless traffic flow is generated by the wireless camera; when the wireless traffic flow is determined to have been generated by the wireless camera, concluding that the wireless camera is present in the environment; calculating a path distance of the predetermined motion when the wireless camera has been determined to be present in the environment; using a model to determine if the user performing the predetermined motion was in the detection range; and when the user is determined to have been in the detection range, determining a specific location of the wireless camera in the environment based on the path distance of the predetermined motion.

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Norman, OK, United States of America

Qiuye He