Google Can Be Used To Search For Live Web Cam

I am sure not many people knows that Google Search Engine is so powerful that it is able to sieve out live cam generated from its search. First and foremost, a web cam or webcam is actually a live feeding and real-time camera that has images that is accessible via the Internet using a PC video calling or video conferencing application. It is believed that there have been an increase in the used of web cam as CCTV or Close Circuit Camera for the purposes of security and serveillance. These cameras basically are for surveillance on buildings or premises like schools, beach, parks and so on. So Google is making it possible for users to search for all these camera on the Internet linking to the network and have full view and sometimes full control of these web cameras. Basically this act of accessing the camera without being authorized is actually considered as hacking.

Fortunately, not many people knows that this is even possible and do not know how to go about doing it. But expert users who understand how network web cam works will be able to hunt for these unprotected cameras on the Internet. Web cam basically works on a standard control via web. With an approprate search string, Google will crawl and generate a list of immediate ready and operating web cams upon a search.

Network camera essentially can be found on the Internet by performing searches on search string based on the web cam make and model like Panasonic, Sony, Axis and so on.

Some examples of search strings that expert users used are as follows:

intitle:”sony network camera snc-p1?

intitle:”Live View / - AXIS”

intitle:”i-Catcher Console - Web Monitor”

A search on the search strings like the above will return a list of live cameras on the Internet. The purpose of this article is to highlight the possibility of intrusion of privacy via one of the world's most widely used search engine, Google. In order to solve the problem of your network hidden cameras being invaded and accessed without authorization, it is very important to control the access into this camera with ID and Password protection. That way, only authorized users are able to even remotely control and view these web cams from the Internet.