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Friday, December 06, 2019

Do you have Security Cameras installed and connected to the Web? How secure ARE THEY?

More and more people are installing WiFi-connected security cameras around their properties, however they are not taking the extra precautions to ensure the cameras are secure, which opens them up to ANYONE being able to view those cameras via the Web.

There is a site called InseCam (Insecured Cameras) to which you can go and see the various cameras found without security (in other words, using the DEFAULT Passwords!).
http://www.insecam.org/en/bycountry/US/
  (Report by ABC 15 Phoenix News:  https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/see-which-websites-may-be-spying-on-your-surveillance-cameras)

While many of these are public areas, some are of the interior of people's homes !!!    "So what, Jim, I don't care, there's nothing to see" -- Except the times you are, and are not, home -- so thieves can plot a time to free you of the burden of you possessions..  (Or worse).

I am a proponent of security cameras, but ONLY when they are properly secured...  Before installing them (or having them installed), ensure you know the steps required to change the password, and make it something difficult (for instance, Rn73-gow(Xxt72+p), because the more difficult it is to guess, the more secure you are.   If you can view those cameras remotely, others can, as well !




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