{"id":5569,"date":"2016-01-28T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2016-03-26T12:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T20:15:36","slug":"how-you-can-snoop-on-thousands-of-unsecured-webcams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-liu.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/how-you-can-snoop-on-thousands-of-unsecured-webcams\/","title":{"rendered":"How you can snoop on thousands of unsecured webcams"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been on the Internet long enough, you’ve probably heard buzz about how hackers can spy on you using your webcam<\/a>. This is not just some scare story. The truth is that hacking into webcams has been demonstrated over and over<\/a>. Even so, I’ve always thought\u00a0that such\u00a0webcams were accessible only by elite government-employed computer geeks. It turns out that any civilian with an Internet connection can eavesdrop on these unsecured webcams.<\/p>\n

The dark horse in this story is Shodan.io, a search engine allowing users to search for devices such as webcams, refrigerators, and even power plants. Don’t get me wrong; this isn’t like searching for products\u00a0to buy online. Shodan indexes actual, physical devices that you can access simply by typing an IP address into your browser. It turns out that Shodan has discovered a myriad of Internet-connected web cameras, among other IoT devices<\/a>. All that is separating you from someone else’s web camera is a search and a click.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/strong>\u00a0The content below contains knowledge. Knowledge is power. Use that power wisely.<\/p>\n

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A still image from an unsecured web camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s how you can search for unsecured webcam feeds:<\/p>\n