Who's watching you?

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The tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras

Typical journalistic F.U.D. article. "Hackers could be watching you right now!!!" Missing from the article are a couple of vital details: low quality Chinese IP Cameras and connected directly to the Internet.

In CCTV there are typically two types of cameras: old skool video cameras that send a video signal to a recording box and the newer IP cameras. The former aren't even network devices so one would have to be on site to cut into the video feed. The latter capture the video signal internally and turn it into a Netflix-style stream of digital data. Again one would normally stream this straight to an internal server. A decade ago when IP cameras came out you'd have to be an utter moron to expose them directly to the Internet.

Umm... so how would you look at your cameras if you were out of the office? Stick it behind a VPN which is what any serious organisation would do anyway which the BBC neglect to mention for the sake of "quality journalism" although I have sympathy for the everyday consumer that might not be aware of such security considerations.

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[dave001]

Been going on for years, half the morons dint change the default pass word and you could google em. Not new news.

iv always hard wired everything. only ever use WiFi on a separated zone from main network and don't use it for anything important. and always use full disk encryption on all drives.

people never take there private serous.

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[xX-Alex-Xx]

There’s also Eufy, who completed lied and tried to cover it when it was discovered their “local only” cameras could be streamed from anywhere by pretty much anyone with 5 minutes to spare…

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/more-eufy-camera-flaws-found-including-remote-unencrypted-feed-viewing/
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[DaddyStu]

Seeing an uptick in ransom-scams atm. "We will email all your contacts list with webcam vids of you watching porn if you dont give us 300 bitcoin etc. Hope its not just me
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[stinkwheel]

Maybe it's time for a re-name of these devices then?

It would appear "Closed Circuit" does not really apply to most of them.
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