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Insecam

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Insecam is a directory website that has lists of unsecured different live IP surveillance CCTV cameras without a changed default password. It initially had around 73,000 listed cameras.[1][2][3][4] As of 2025, the number was reported to be more than 2,000 camera feeds worldwide.

In 2014, HuffPost reported that the website had been shut down, and the programmer behind the website was looking for a new job.[5] In 2018, WFTV in Orlando, Florida, said the website was still operating, and that they had found a "video stream of a store in Lake Buena Vista on Insecam."[6] As of 2025, Digital Camera World stated it was still operating, and had more than 2,000 camera feeds worldwide.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Hachman, Mark. "Insecam Web site should terrify those who use a default webcam password". https://www.pcworld.com/article/436281/insecam-web-site-should-terrify-those-who-use-a-default-webcam-password.html. 
  2. ↑ Jones, Daisy (May 22, 2018). "What I Discovered After Watching 24-Hour Surveillance Footage for a Week". Vice. https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-i-discovered-after-watching-24-hour-surveillance-footage-for-a-week/. 
  3. ↑ Augenbraun, Eliene (November 11, 2014). "Insecam exposes security weakness by broadcasting thousands of webcams". https://www.cbsnews.com/news/site-exposes-security-weakness-in-thousands-of-webcams/. 
  4. ↑ Zhang, Sarah (November 6, 2014). "A Creepy Website Is Streaming From 73,000 Private Security Cameras". https://gizmodo.com/a-creepy-website-is-streaming-from-73-000-private-secur-1655653510. 
  5. ↑ Rundle, Michael. "Insecam Shut Down: Webcam 'Spying' Site Closed, But The Owner Wants A Job". HuffPost. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/24/insecam-shut-down_n_6212156.html. 
  6. ↑ Cruz, Megan (May 4, 2018). "How secure is your security? How to prevent your feed from being streamed online" (in en). WFTV. https://www.wftv.com/news/local/how-secure-is-your-security-how-to-prevent-your-feed-from-being-streamed-online/743997940/. 
  7. ↑ Bunermann, Kim (April 23, 2025). "Warning: Feel like you're being watched by your home cameras? Well, you might be…". Digital Camera World. https://tech.yahoo.com/cameras/articles/warning-feel-youre-being-watched-170448626.html. 




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