People need to secure their home webcams

[citiesofbismuth]

This is scary. I'm on a site where you can see live webcam feeds. Most of them are boring surveillance views, but one or two are of people's houses. Kids playing in a lounge.

CV10 8** secure your webcam if you happen to be on mn.

Shit, CV10 is only around the corner from me, Nuneaton

Yes good call on the full postcodes.

Seems to me lots of churches, laundromats and barber shops.

EH28 8LF stairs

My camera was so secure it took me 30 minutes to work out what I had changed the password to

There's a surprisingly entertaining one of someone's tortoise eating something. It took me a while to work out what it was.

(It's a big old tort, btw)

How is it picking up inside peoples houses? From what camera. Laptop? Phone? Etc

Didn't realise this at all. Was considering a camera so really good to know how to secure it.

@danni0509 those new fangled indoor cctv cameras you can buy that hook up to the wifi (so you can watch your cat while you're away!). Unfortunately if you don't change the default password, everyone can watch your cat while you're away

N3 1HF front door & hall.

Think the tortoise was in Ecclesfield

Can someone PM me the name of the site if nobody is willing to put it on here please.
Think mine is secured but part of my house is covered by neighbours outdoor cctv

Can I have a PM with the website too, a bit worried now

Omg. Will someone pm me the name of website please? Thank you!

And if your password for your webcam or your WiFi is password CHANGE IT!!

Yes can someone please PM me the website too! Little bit worried now!

BD4 8PW stairs.

Anything that is sent over the airwaves (as opposed to down a wire) can potentially be hacked by someone interceoting a signal ..BUT that’s why things like GSM(Mobiles) and DECT(most non wifi) baby monitors are securely encrypted to stop the singals being decoded into something you’d recognise.

With wifi devices like cameras etc the dangers include cheaper products not encrypting signal (takes the manufactuer work and cost to implement) , using no passwords or the same default password for every product of a particular make (easy to manufacture) or people exploiting the hacking the code through vulnerabilities.

To protect yourself try to ensure that you buy products that offer encryption or secure traffic, don’t buy products that don’t have a password, change to your own secure password and if you can make sure you keep the product updated with the latest software . If a super hacker finds a ‘vulnerability’ then reputable manufacturers will make sure a ‘patch’ is released.

It is home and business CCTV systems, baby monitors and web cams, I think.

I was just looking at a couple of (2014?) articles on the BBC technology pages, which mentioned 4 schools, children's bedrooms, living rooms and halls.

It disappoints me that, 4 years later, many people are still unaware of this issue and it seems like such awful websites have multiplied.

As well as just general privacy concerns, what is being used to aid crime or abuse, and what is making its way onto the dark web? It also occurs to me that it increases the risk to people who have fled DV, if local businesses such as shops and launderettes are up there too.

The one I am looking at is insecam.org

I can see there are other sites too.

There is a Panorama about this currently on the BBC i player, it's well worth a watch. The title is Hacked: Smart Home Secrets.

Please could you post a link cos my family have them on elderly family member to check ok

I’m obviously not very bright as I can’t figure how it works

I found the site but I can’t search by postcode I wanted to check near me