How to protect yourself from this!

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The video taps into a common fear of privacy invasion and hacking, using relatable examples like baby monitors and webcams. It provides actionable information by introducing specific tools (Shodan, Criminal IP) and clear security advice, making it highly shareable.

Summary

This video explains how any device with a camera can be hacked, showing examples of compromised webcams, baby monitors, and doorbells. It introduces Shodan and Criminal IP as tools to find vulnerable devices and advises changing default passwords on devices like baby monitors and security cameras to protect against hacking.

Structure

1Introduction to webcam hacking risks
2Demonstration of hacked devices (baby monitors, doorbells, etc.)
3Introduction to Shodan and Criminal IP search engines
4Showing how to find vulnerable devices online
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Original caption

How to protect yourself from this! #cyber Original video from @andrewcodesmith

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Product placement

Shodan: A search engine for connected devices, it allows users to find devices connected to the internet by IP address. It ACTS as a search engine. Removing it would change the video's demonstration. Shodan.io is the URL. Ring: A brand of doorbell cameras. It APPEARS as a watermark on a video feed. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Insta360: A brand of camera. It APPEARS as a logo on a device. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Criminal IP: A search engine for IP addresses and connected devices. It ACTS as a search engine. Removing it would change the video's demonstration. criminalip.io is the URL.

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How to protect yourself from this YOUR WEBCAM CAN EASILY BE HACKED ANYTHING THAT HAS A CAMERA CAN BE HACKED CAN BASICALLY VIEW EVERYTHING THAT YOUR WEBCAM SEES AND THIS INCLUDES LIKE YOUR PHONE YOUR TABLET YOUR LAPTOP EVEN LIKE YOUR DOORBELL AND PROBABLY THE MOST DISTURBING ONE I THINK IS BABY MONITORS THIS IS WHY PEOPLE NEED TO THIS KIND OF SO THIS VIDEO IS FOR EDUCATIONAL ONLY AND THE YOU IS THAT OF IT START PROTECTING YOURSELF SO YOU WANNA GO ONTO THIS URL HERE SHOWN SHODAN.IO AND THIS IS LIKE GOOGLE BUT FOR ANY DEVICE IP ADDRESS SO YOU GET LIKE WEBCAM CCTV AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON THESE AND LOOK AND THE CAMERA SEES AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME RANDOM STUFF ON HERE SO IN THE CAPTION I'M GONNA SHARE STUFF YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AND ALSO SHARE ANYONE WHO MIGHT SO THERE'S ALSO THIS WEBSITE HERE WHICH IS CALLED CRIMINAL IP DOT IO AND IF YOU GO TO SEARCH WEB CAM XP YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE WILL LIST OF DIFFERENT WEBCAMS OPEN TO THE INTERNET AND OPEN FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY THE REASON THAT VIDEOS IS THAT ACTUALLY TRY TO SAFE SO ESPECIALLY FOR BABY MONITORS YOU'RE CHANGING THE DEFAULT USERNAME AND PASSWORD FOR THESE DEVICES NOT PUBLICLY EXPOSED TO THE INTERNET AND IT GOES THE SAME FOR HOME SECURITY CAMERAS THESE TYPE OF OFTEN QUITE CHEAPER DEVICES USUALLY COME WITH LESS SECURITY UM BY DEFAULT SO MAKE SURE THAT UP CORRECTLY

Transcript

Anything that has a camera can be hacked. A hacker can basically view everything that your webcam sees and this includes like your phone, your tablet, your laptop, even like your doorbell and probably the most disturbing one I think is baby monitors. This is why people need to be aware of this kind of stuff. So this video is for educational purposes only and the reason I'm showing you is that once you're aware of it, you can start protecting yourself. So you wanna go onto this URL here shown, shodan.io and this is like Google but for any device with an IP address. So you get like webcam, CCTV and you can actually click on these and look and see what the camera sees and you're gonna see some random stuff on here. So in the caption I'm gonna share stuff you can do to protect yourself and also share this video with anyone who might. So there's also this website here which is called criminalip.io and if you go to search webcam XP, you can see that these will be a list of different webcams open to the internet and open for educational purposes only. The reason that videos is that you can actually try to keep yourself safe. So especially for baby monitors, make sure that you're changing the default username and password for these devices, not publicly exposed to the internet and it goes the same for home security cameras as well. These type of often quite cheaper devices usually come with less security um by default. So make sure that you're setting these up correctly.