Um

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/houston-couple-nervous-baby-monitor-hacking-171424527.html?vp=1

[Cainad (dec.)]

Holy shitgargling fuck.

[Suu]

Why the fuck didn't they call the cops?!

[Aucoq]

Holy shit that's creepy as hell.

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

Looks like the D-Link DCS-5000 series... not sure of the exact part number, since it's all white. Must be an older model. The newer ones (the 5020 and the 5010) are black, or white with a black pivot. My guess is, if it's not one of D-Link's, it's a knockoff by one of their piss brands. "DCS" is their Cloud Series.

Let me tell you more about the D-Link cloud series cams and why you should be more alarmed at how foolish people are with internet and personal security, than with the "hacking." I have my own personal security and surveillance system that I've successfully designed... and by "successfully designed", I mean, "Fucked it up 99 times, and fixed it 100". I had considered a set of the D-Link DCS series because they were cheap as hell, and had decent res, and sound capability. I took one off the shelf at Radio Shack, looked at the package for 5 minutes, and said FUCK THAT. I nearly shit my pants in laughter when the sales rep came over and said it was their best seller.

These cameras are designed with the consumer in mind, in that, they are keeping mind of the consumer at all times. "It's so easy to setup!" Well, of course it is. I won't bore you with too many specifics, but the numero uno red fucking flag is the camera will not work without an internet connection. No, I don't mean "network connection", it requires an "internet connection." Now, their selling point is that it offers you easy access to these cameras from anywhere in the world using your iPhone. Well, anyone who knows your email, and does the password recovery process knowing your mother's maiden name and your first pet (ie. people who know you well, and are more likely than strangers to want to spy on your shit) download's the app, signs in, watch your kids, and yes... control the camera. It's bush league, and these people should really consider their purchases better. Not that this excuses the behavior of some sick fuck, i'm just hoping people aren't "O' Lawd! Ennis-A be hacking ma beh-beh!"

If you want to use a digital video baby monitor, do not use anything that requires the internet. There's no one-way streets in the digital world. If you're doing personal surveillance for your home, treat every camera like a gun: Never point it at something you don't want to shoot, and never put it where others can get it (simply, do not hook your cameras to the same network that has your internet connected, and never ever ever ever use wireless, unless it's encrypted signal).

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

 

[Ben Shapiro]

lol

[Pæs]

STUFF

Yeah, a frightening number of internet-connected cameras, microphones, printers, etc, are actually indexed by Google meaning bored script kiddies can Google "LOLBABYMONITORS" and connect to them with minimal effort.

[Cain]

Yeah.  There is a website which indexes public security cameras, which I used to go on sometimes when I was exceedingly bored.  It doesn't surprise me that some moron would think allowing streaming internet access to a baby monitor would be a good idea.

[Faust]

Yeah.  There is a website which indexes public security cameras, which I used to go on sometimes when I was exceedingly bored.  It doesn't surprise me that some moron would think allowing streaming internet access to a baby monitor would be a good idea.

And here's an index of every connected publicly discoverable device http://www.shodanhq.com/

Printing off documents in an office somewhere seems like it has the potential for hilarity.

[Junkenstein]

Yeah.  There is a website which indexes public security cameras, which I used to go on sometimes when I was exceedingly bored.  It doesn't surprise me that some moron would think allowing streaming internet access to a baby monitor would be a good idea.

And here's an index of every connected publicly discoverable device http://www.shodanhq.com/

Printing off documents in an office somewhere seems like it has the potential for hilarity.

This has given me ideas. Many ideas. Thanks Faust, will have a look at that!