Now, you can access all the unsecured CCTV cameras from all around the world. From a street to a bedroom in a house, all are accessible through insecam.
Anyone without any special skills in IT or hacking can watch live streaming of all these unsecured cameras. Read this simple and comprehensive article and make yourself near and dears ones secure from this insecam thing.
About Insecam
It is a project that has for the first time in the history of IT has gathered all the unsecured live streaming security cameras, connected to the internet.
Any common internet user can watch the live streaming from all these cameras. Any place and anywhere, from America to Asia all unsecured cameras are available to watch at this site.
Insecam can hack cameras of almost any company
Some of the famous companies whose unsecured cameras, available at this site include Panasonic, Sony, and Tplink.
It`s not a professional or expert hacker who is hacking your camera instead, it`s a common information provided by the company that helps them to hack your camera. Almost every company provides this information therefore; all company cameras can be hack by insecam.
Your CCTV camera is hacked if you are using default username and password
If you are using a security camera with a default username and password, then go check it out at insecam, your camera must be live streaming for the internet public. Insecam is technically not doing any high-fi technical work to hack your camera.
It`s simply using the default password of your CCTV camera to hack it. Most of the companies that provide security camera, set to a default password, commonly it’s like, “admin;admin” or “12345”.
Using this simple bit of information, insecam hacks a security camera. The default user name and password is mentioned in the user guide manual of every security camera manufacturing company.
How can you protect your CCTV camera from insecam?
It is very simple; just change the default username and password of your CCTV camera, while installing it. In this way, you will deny insecam`s access to your camera. A little effort will save your camera from being hacked.
Is your privacy is at high risk?
If your bedroom camera is installed with your default password then, Yes! Your privacy is at high risk. However, don’t worry, insecam have applied some filters that will not live steam your bedroom security camera to the public.
Can anyone misuse these live streaming cameras?
Insecam doesn`t shows that exact location of the camera, it only shows the city, or near coordinates. Therefore, there are less chances of misuse of these live streaming cameras.
How can I remove my CCTV camera from insecam?
You can email the support team of insecam to remove your camera from their website. Alternatively, you can yourself remove the camera from insecam by just changing the password.
Is insecam a legal service or illegal service?
Well, by any rule, no one has the right to breach your privacy. Therefore, it`s illegal to hack a security camera and show its live stream on a website.
Why not any action is being taken to block insecam?
It’s a mistake of the user to install a security camera with default username and password. The user guide of all such security camera companies restricts to do so.
Therefore, insecam is not the only culprit for hacking CCTV camera the user is also a part of it. Another reason is that insecam has put filters on cameras that breach someone`s privacy and streams only those cameras that don`t trouble any person particularly. Hence, no strict action is taken against insecam so far.
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Conclusion:
Insecam is a service that hacks all those security cameras that are installed using default username and password given by the company. Any internet user can go to their website and watch live streaming of these cameras.
You can save your security camera from hacking by just changing the default password while installing it. If you don`t change default password the website will automatically hack your CCTV camera.