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Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#101

Post by aleksandrm » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 9:16 AM UTC

Anyone know what this might be? Looks like some kind of boats in a pond with solar panels in them? http://cryptogasm.com/webcams/webcam.php?id=11

Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#102

Post by em05 » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 9:43 AM UTC

Once i wrote SurveillanceSaver. A screensaver with random webcam streams. Eventually Google blocked searching for cameras and people recognized their cameras are unprotected. http://i.document.m05.de/?page_id=438

This is the web service behind it. Unfortunately the list is not up to date anymore. https://code.google.com/p/public-viewpoints

Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#103

Post by solistice » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 9:57 AM UTC

zwegner wrote: post #80

hkmurakami wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm my best guess is that it's Chinese.

Well, my ability to differentiate the two is admittedly rather limited (though I hope more accurate than a coin flip), so you might be right. On the other hand, it could've been a different movie by the time you saw it.

Taiwanese -> Complicated Letters Chinese -> Less complicated letters Japanese -> Rounder letters. Just a rule of thumb. The modern chinese letters are a simplified version of those taiwan still uses, and describe entire words. Whilst Chinese is looks more stroked, Japanese looks a little more organic, even though yes, unless you know either of them, they're still hard to differentiate.

Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#104

Post by solistice » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 9:58 AM UTC

wingspan wrote: post #98

Looks like Windows 98 fed directly into a cam: http://cryptogasm.com/webcams/webcam.php?id=27279

How else are you going to record and remote view the monitor?

Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#105

Post by pja » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 10:13 AM UTC

hkmurakami wrote: post #58

pja wrote: post #37

Radio Observatory in Cambridge: http://cryptogasm.com/webcams/webcam.php?id=18311

Darn, now I wish I had visited this place (or just ride by it) when I was a student there :(

It's quite a long way out of Cambridge!

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mullard+radio+observatory&#3...

Still being used as part of the UK synthetic aperture radio telescope IIRC, along with Jodrell bank and a few other sites dotted around the UK.

Re: Exposed Webcam Viewer

#106

Post by yoran » Sun, Apr 14, 2013, 11:47 AM UTC

Does anyone know how these open streaming webcams are detected? Do they stream on a particular port? By the way, this is really creepy and the people having those webcams should at least be aware of it.