A recent study by security firm Protection1 revealed that there are over 6,000 open access security cameras, without even a password, across the United States.
According to the company's findings, most of these cameras are located in public places, but the list also includes cameras at the headquarters of private businesses and even in the homes of many Americans.
Protection1 notes that the highest concentration of unprotected cameras is around major urban centers, such as the San Francisco Bay Area, the Los Angeles area, Seattle, Chicago, Florida cities, and along the Atlantic coast, from Washington to Boston.
In addition to cameras that offer free open access streaming in public spaces, there are also cameras that have been installed in homes and publicly broadcast what is happening inside the home. These cameras are extremely dangerous for the safety of the residents of these homes as a camera without a password is a keyhole for thieves.
The funny thing is, the owners of these homes and businesses have installed the cameras as a surveillance system to deter thieves from breaking in. But the same cameras offer thieves the perfect system to monitor the premises and gather information about when and how many people are inside the home, if there is a dog, where the cameras are, what their “dead” spots are, etc. etc.
And if you laugh at Americans, believing them to be gullible and naive, let us remind you that in Greece too there are several cameras without a code or with their construction site code. See the relevant article by iguru here.
