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Unsecured Webcams x Google Maps
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layzie1989
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Turns out, people from Los Angeles to Paris read the newspaper while at the laundromat. exciting
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Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
I like how it's 4-5 in all of Asia then hundreds all over America.
And why wouldn't it be legal? These are public and unsecure feeds.
And why wouldn't it be legal? These are public and unsecure feeds.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Heh I'm watching the same one right now. He's either typing on a phone or trying to figure out his remote controlabout what i'd expect from florida
Subterranean
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Clicking that link has infected us all. Good luck gentlemen, we are now being watched.
Nemesis_
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Isn't this the same mentality as "If someone leaves their door unlocked, everything in their house is public domain" or something?
Watch me! I have no webcam so whatever. I doubt that's how this works anyways.
Mac the KNife
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Cell phone shopping in Chile
Probably a bit of a grey area... keep in mind these are all coming from a simple Google search. If I put something on the Internet, but leave it completely open, is someone I didn't want to view it having a look therefore breaking the law? I doubt it.
Subterranean
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I will just watch you the old fashion way. Through your window.
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Laws for trespassing on physical property are easier to uphold than virtual property. And assuming no hacking or malicious software is being used, it's on the broadcaster to properly set their privacy level.
layzie1989
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I want to contact someone and direct them to their webcam as they're sitting in front of it and watch their mind explode.
Messypandas
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I click a link and saw myself... but I don't have a webcam
BackwardsSuggestions
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If you use Steet View, can you see the exact place you're watching?
Sho_Nuff82
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Why has no one answered this question yet?
If you're not running your webcam on one of those hosted solutions that gives you web access to your camera from anywhere than you're not going to find yourself on this (unless it got setup without your knowledge of course). If you've only got the webcam drivers installed and use it for skype and/or google hangouts you're PROBABLY ok.
Nope, it's off. Not that I checked or anything...
EDIT: Pizza being made in Germany!
Subterranean
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Don't click weird links you don't know about and run a secure wireless network.
Or just put tape over your webcam.
I assume the cameras these people are using have a feature where you can place a password on web access. These people simply haven't done that.
Necromanti
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Well, according to the source...
So I'd say avoiding TRENDNet to begin with would be a good start.
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Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Maybe we assume gafers aren't soccer moms who plug and play shit like tech noobs?
Taking something from someones home without permission is still against an actual law. If there is a law against punching in the url of an unsecured webcam then by all means, show it to us. But if it isn't I don't see what you are getting at. This just seems like poor poor poor security to me, but I don't think that someone typing in the url and getting a feed is breaking any laws.
weekend_warrior
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I found a bunch of chicks at the center of Minneapolis Minnesota.
Nemesis_
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....I'm not complaining or belittling the person who asked, I was merely raising a question.
If you get the image url, you can actually direct link too if you really wanted to.
Alebrije
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(Newser) – Feeds from an extensive network of home security cameras have been breached, and videos, including scenes from children's bedrooms, are being watched and linked to online. "Someone caught a guy getting naked in Denmark," noted one blogger. Another remarked: "Baby spotted. I feel like a pedophile watching this." Because of a security vulnerability in the Trendnet software, savvy web users can get access to live home footage without a password, reports the BBC. "Lengthy lists of freely accessible video streams are already circulating on the web, providing views of offices, living rooms and children's bedrooms," notes The H, a web site on online security.
The California-based Trendnet company—whose motto is "networks that people trust"—is scrambling to release software updates to fix the problem. Thousands of cameras may be affected, and the company has known about the issue for weeks, a spokesman admitted the the BBC. A blogger shared a way to breach the system in early January. Others who checked out the tip were quickly sharing information about hundreds of cameras as well as real-time feeds.
http://www.newser.com/story/139135/hacked-home-security-cams-link-to-bedroom-scenes.html
It seems there a more than 50,000 cameras with this problem.
The California-based Trendnet company—whose motto is "networks that people trust"—is scrambling to release software updates to fix the problem. Thousands of cameras may be affected, and the company has known about the issue for weeks, a spokesman admitted the the BBC. A blogger shared a way to breach the system in early January. Others who checked out the tip were quickly sharing information about hundreds of cameras as well as real-time feeds.
http://www.newser.com/story/139135/hacked-home-security-cams-link-to-bedroom-scenes.html
It seems there a more than 50,000 cameras with this problem.
Phoenix
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Indeed. These are open broadcasts. That the owners chose not to make the broadcasts private makes this whole affair 100% legal. If you transmit, its up to you to secure.
giancarlo123x
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This is pretty weird. I just saw someone playing COD.
cj_iwakura
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This is too much power for one internet.
Mac the KNife
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Well I also see some offices, where camera's most of the time have been installed by professional companies. They really fucked up here.
But especially the amount of children's bedrooms you come across is worrying. The parents probably thought it was a good security measure. But I guess less security is better then this kind of security.
Which is why I stopped after two clicks. Sorry but I am not risking clicking on some child's room where they may be exposed. Hopefully they fix this fast.
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NinjaFridge
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Found one looking at what seems to be a little girls bed. Has a toy bunny and other stuffed toys. Creepy as fuck.
Lost Fragment
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This company is gonna get sued so hard. Like holy shit.
Baconsaurus Rex
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There's a camera very close to my location, I almost shat a brick as I kept zooming in as it's very close to my house D:
I remember this being a popular google search a few years back, most cameras at schools are unprotected and can actually be controlled, those could possible aid in a robbery or something.
Imagine if you look at this and witness a murder taking place
I remember this being a popular google search a few years back, most cameras at schools are unprotected and can actually be controlled, those could possible aid in a robbery or something.
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