By the way, getting into poorly secured cameras is in no way new. The Shodan search engine was launched in 2009, and its use for finding cameras was described in 2013 at the latest.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Security cameras keep no one secure. All they do is provide a memento of the crime after the fact. Just like locks just keep honest people honest.
You show video of your truck that's too big to fit in your garage, even if it weren't filled with all the crap you bought on Amazon, being stolen to a cop, and the cop will say, "Yeah, nice video. Do you know the guy? No? Neither do I. Sign here."