I'm more surprised about how those cameras handle the reddit traffic without a glitch
Good point. Limited hangout?
Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly placed by US government
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#142Inside one of the cameras: "Due to its sensitive nature, the information contained on this website is restricted to law enforcement professionals and government agencies only. For access contact us at 503-932-6899 or email us at info@ipsurvconcepts.com" http://ipsurvconcepts.com/ Good job fellas.
The login is insecure and lacks ssl.
Definitely needs SSLv3
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There is a very big difference between a system that can localize gunshot sounds and surveillance drones. Assuming, of course, that the gunshot detectors are in fact special gunshot detectors and not a giant array of normal microphones with some algorithms applied to them.
> Assuming, of course, that the gunshot detectors are in fact special gunshot detectors and not a giant array of normal microphones with some algorithms applied to them. Why is your statement based at all on that assumption? I don't see what makes surveillance drones necessarily worse than human cops flying helicopters overhead with cameras (which I know for a fact occurs in my city). What makes the "drone" part prob…
Scale, oversight. Would you mind if we had one cop per person and followed them around in public at 20 foot distance everywhere they went?
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This phone number traces to Mike Bethers, Special Agent at Oregon Department of Justice. I might give them a call today and ask about these cameras.
His Linkedin Bio: Specialities: Technical surveillance operations; audio, video, GPS tracking, telecom intercepts. IACIS Certified. lol
At least he didn't say he's a specialist on security
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I was thinking the same thing -- obscure its view with a few well-placed paintballs and see who shows up to clean it.
I can't imagine these tactics will end well for anyone caught doing it. I don't recommend that.
Then don't get caught, oldest strategy in the clandestine operations handbook ;)
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#146The cameras are all password protected for me (from Europe). Did someone get notified and changed it?
Looks like they did. The logins weren't there earlier. Would love to see the frantic email thread that led to that. Still worth noting that none of those sites appear to have any sort of TLS enabled.
Just file a FOIA and ask for the email.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was thinking the same thing -- obscure its view with a few well-placed paintballs and see who shows up to clean it.
I can't imagine these tactics will end well for anyone caught doing it. I don't recommend that.
Pretend to be innocent and mistakenly drop a heavy steel bar stolen from the gym on the camera and run away.
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#148A lot of statements and theories about these camera's from all sorts of directions, but they're just pole cams. LEA's have been using pole cams since before I was born (I'm 34). I worked in law enforcement as an analyst and spent some time staring at pole cams that were setup to surveil known drug dealers or criminal gang members. To do one correctly (i.e. legally) you typically need a warrant or a court order, but i…
The point is the bloody things are unsecured.
It's one thing for LAPD to throw up a camera that looks in your windows with a warrant (not convinced they have one, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt).
It's another thing for LAPD to throw up a camera that looks in your windows AND LEAVE IT UNSECURED ON THE INTERNET.
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I'm having a chuckle from comments on Reddit: “It's an IPv4 address pointing directly to the camera, not so sure that there are any logs.” Wonder how many of the VPN-employing folks in fact use something like NordVPN and pay for it with their credit card.
This is amusing to read because they largely/all seem to be AT&T mobile IPs, which get allocated from an absurdly sized pool with barely working geoip.
Well AT&T does own an entire /8 block (12.0.0.0/8) so they certainly have plenty to choose from
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#150Kind of surprising that at least one of the URLs still lets me not only look through the camera, but control it!