This is ancient advice for two-way mirrors, IIRC nowadays even legit mirrors can reflect directly from the front instead of the back. In this age of spy cameras this is mostly irrelevant.
Another tip was shining a bright light to illuminate the supposedly dark room on the other side, which again, would be way more expensive than a smoke detector spy camera.
Yes, darkening your room and then pushing a bright light up against the one-way, taking care to not have it leak into your room, should make the other room brighter so you can see it.
This is ancient advice for two-way mirrors, IIRC nowadays even legit mirrors can reflect directly from the front instead of the back. In this age of spy cameras this is mostly irrelevant.
Another tip was shining a bright light to illuminate the supposedly dark room on the other side, which again, would be way more expensive than a smoke detector spy camera.
Yes, darkening your room and then pushing a bright light up against the one-way, taking care to not have it leak into your room, should make the other room brighter so you can see it.
Not that this is a one-way mirror anyway.