Google exposes web surveillance cams

Blogs and message forums buzzed this week with the discovery that a pair of simple Google searches permits access to well over 1,000 unprotected surveillance cameras around the world – apparently without their owners’ knowledge.Searching on certain strings within a URL sniffs out networked cameras that have Web interfaces permitting their owners to view them remotely, and even direct the cameras’ motorized pan-and-tilt mechanisms from the comfort of their own desktop. For details visit here

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