I've heard stories like that, but I've wondered if some people just
aren't password-protecting their camera or something (as you said,
issues people have with not securing their nanny cams). If that's the case, it's not really a security hole, but people just not being
careful enough to secure their camera.
Hello Nightfox!
** On Tuesday 28.07.20 - 12:01, nightfox wrote to Moondog:
I've heard stories like that, but I've wondered if some people just aren't password-protecting their camera or something (as you said, issues people have with not securing their nanny cams). If that's the case, it's not really a security hole, but people just not being
careful enough to secure their camera.
These type of devices should have the ability to generate an automatic random pasword at the first (after-factory) bootup. Then, lets consider a camera, since the user has to use a networked computer to access the
camera, the device could prompt to enter a first-time setup menu to reveal the random password and an opportunity to change it. That can't be impossible to implement. It just seems stupid to have the same factory-set password for every device - especially when there are many more people on the internet who won't play nice compared to 20 years ago.
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