Monday 27 October 2008

Using Google to find "unsecurity cameras"

Recently I read a report that thousands of security cameras around the world could be accessed by typing a simple command into Google.Being of a curious nature I decided to have a look and see what all the fuss was about.

It would be fair to say that I was dumbstruck by the results.Thousands if not tens of thousands of links to cameras in all kinds of locations will be displayed as search results.These cameras can be literally anywhere from traffic cameras to indoor and outdoor security cameras in workplaces,shopping malls,public buildings etc.and are there for all the world to see.

Being able to access these cameras would seem to be an enormous oversight on the behalf of the people who install and program them and I wonder how many people who are at work now know that the cameras in their workplace can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.

Well I suppose after reading this post you want to have a look for yourself so to access this network of cameras simply type the line below into Google.

inurl:"viewerframe?mode=motion"

Have a great day,Lou Smorals.

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