Webcams are not new, but with their proliferation in use IP-enabled cameras like those a mom would use to monitor her newborn or one used to monitor the security of a home or office may actually make the monitored environments and the contents therein unsafe. It is not the technology’s fault, users are not protecting themselves by ensuring security settings and passwords are, well, secure.
It could be as simple as a tech savvy teenager being bored one afternoon, while cruising the Web looking for entertainment and stumble upon the feed of some unsecured Internet cameras: game on. Theft is likely the first scenario to pop in the minds of many, but what if the “hacker” is a pedophile or peeping Tom...Read More