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This is truly frightening and interesting at the same time. How are so many of these Trendnet IP cameras just exposed to the public internet with their own IP
by wavephorm 15y ago
This is truly frightening and interesting at the same time. How are so many of these Trendnet IP cameras just exposed to the public internet with their own IP addresses? And I'd like to know why do so many people use security cameras to record video of nothing in particular (empty warehouses, the street, etc).
FYI these cameras were found to have a backdoor to view the images:
http://www.webpronews.com/security-cameras-hacked-2012-02 http://www.webpronews.com/security-cameras-hacked-2012-02
- jtheory 15y agoI only clicked a couple of live ones before it creeped me out too much. But one I saw gave a clue as to why some people might be recording the street, empty warehouses, etc.. It showed some kind of outdoor breezeway with various doors around, and the heading (I guess webcam owners can configure a title?) was "Black people were here". -- It seems like the company should take some responsibility to actively contact owners about this (hugely serious) issue, in a way that non-technical users would be able to understand. After all, there are IP addresses -- it's not as easy as a phone number, but wouldn't many ISPs cooperate & help them contact users?