Unsecured Home Security Video Cameras - A Voyeur's Dream

in #security7 years ago (edited)

It's really important to know at least a little bit about anything you're connecting to the internet. Security should be your number one concern!

There is a web site on the open internet (accessible to anybody) that uses a bot/script to find and catalog security cameras that don't have any access security protecting them from people who want to look at what they're recording.

It seems innocent - just watching people at the beach or cars parked in a parking lot - but people install these cameras inside their homes! Even inside their bedrooms!!!

Many cameras are equipped with infra-red so they are still effective in the night and can capture images similar to the one below.

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People feel safe in their own house and do things they might not normally do when they feel like they're being watched and have privacy. A lot of people walk around in their underwear or panties - in your own home why not?

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Make sure that if you install security cameras in your house that you alone have access to the video stream!