The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), a UK privacy watchdog, issued a warning to citizens using body cameras monitorings with the default settings, stating that it is not a safe practice. As we mentioned in a previous post all cameras using the default passwords are discovered and aggregated by a by clicking here that live streams their unsuspecting owners.
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Devices have not been violated in any way but access is possible because owners have not changed their default username and password.
ICO does not give the name of the site, but it seems they are talking about the same website we had denounced in our previous article.
insecam.com was created specifically to raise awareness about the dangers of using devices with their default settings. The administrators of the website mention in the FAQ that a simple request is enough to remove it camera someone interested from their database.