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Is Internet Privacy Dead? This
Creepy Website Could Be Streaming Footage Of You
Internet privacy could be a thing of the past, as revealed
by a website which streams live footage from thousands of sources. This
website, Insecam, could be watching you as well and you wouldn’t even know it.
The NSA could be secretly collecting your personal
information without you knowing it, but this isn’t the NSA exploiting a
weakness in your webcam security. Insecam is attempting to make a point of
simply collecting data from non-secured cameras around the world to show us how
important passwords are.
With the release of the Xbox One, fears escalated over how
much we are being watched when Microsoft announced the latest Kinect. This was a high-tech camera with
the ability to determine who is in front of it so nobody else can log in to
your account. The fears of internet privacy came along when we realized it had
to be on all the time.
Ubisoft’s release of the game Watch Dogs capitalized on the
idea that anything can be hacked, by giving you a playable character who could
do just that.
It seems that Ubisoft wasn’t far off when it came to camera
hacking. Insecam has been discovered streaming footage from over 73,000 cameras
around the world, including 11,000 in the U.S. alone.
The site claims to be making a statement about webcams,
and the fact that so many owners fail to change their default passwords. It
gives you a link to the vast number of cameras it has access to, along with
serial numbers, passwords, and even where they can be located. The location is
given as latitude and longitude coordinates you can check on Google Maps.
If you happen to find your own home being watched on
Insecam, the site claims the solution is simple. Change your camera’s password
and you’ll no longer be the potential victim of failed internet privacy as
strangers around the world watch you without your knowledge.
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www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ Rider University and PSG of Mercer County New Jersey.
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