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Date:       2016-01-25 18:13:25
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http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/01/how-to-search-the-internet-of-things-for-photos-of-sleeping-babies/

By J.M. Porup (UK)
Ars Technica
Jan 23, 2016

Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently 
launched a new section that lets users easily browse vulnerable webcams.

The feed includes images of marijuana plantations, back rooms of banks, 
children, kitchens, living rooms, garages, front gardens, back gardens, 
ski slopes, swimming pools, colleges and schools, laboratories, and cash 
register cameras in retail stores, according to Dan Tentler, a security 
researcher who has spent several years investigating webcam security.

"It's all over the place," he told Ars Technica UK. "Practically 
everything you can think of."

We did a quick search and turned up some alarming results:

[...]



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