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IP Crawl: Living atlas of open webcams discovered on the public internet

https://ipcrawl.com/
54•arm32•1h ago

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Ako03•2w ago
Is it legal to have such a website?
arm32•2w ago
https://ipcrawl.com/about
dbmikus•56m ago
Really freaky seeing how many of these are bedrooms.
himata4113•46m ago
So that's where all of that footage came from on **** leak. I mean I knew it was bad, but there's just so many and it is 2026.
nik282000•24m ago
Lazy manufactures and ignorant users are responsible for the majority of this nonsense.
Bender•5m ago
Could be some oopsie did I accidentally expose myself? exhibitionists.
elliotbnvl•49m ago
Definitely an invasion of privacy. I can’t visit this website in good faith. It should be taken down.

The point is valuable, and the mission is important, but the ends do not justify the means. If this must be shared, at least use static pictures and don’t stream the content for viewers.

nik282000•27m ago
Yes and no? The owners of these devices made them publicly available by design or through ignorance. While they should be notified of their (maybe) mistake, it's no different from a person who doesn't understand that their neighbours can see into an open window at night.

Should Shodan be taken down because it can search for these devices? What about Google because it can find admin consoles?

gblargg•24m ago
The site even lets you see if any of your cameras are exposed, where it switches to a map view and shows any near you.
nik282000•20m ago
I know that my cameras are behind an auth layer but, as it is painfully obvious here, many people do not. A 'check my cameras' feature is a nice way to find out if you messed up.
mannanj•23m ago
Do you feel this is true for government agencies too?
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ragebol•49m ago
Someone keeping an eye on their (illegal?) cannabis pants in the UK? https://ipcrawl.com/?cam=3892f36f150ff9db
specproc•46m ago
I know Droitwich, this made me laugh
bensons1•48m ago
Nothing changed compared to 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20151013010243/http://internetce...

> As a rule of thumb, if you believe that "nobody would connect that to the Internet, really nobody", there are at least 1000 people who did.

nik282000•34m ago
So many SCADA terminals and HMIs just hangin out on the internet.
preisschild•6m ago
Connect it but make sure authorization is actually secure
halperter•48m ago
This website---naturally, I think---weirds me out. Many of these cameras are in private spaces, with some places you most certainly don't want people to have live feeds of. It's quite disturbing how you can see personal snapshots of people's lives without them knowing. There's a perverse feeling of dread about being able to see into someone's life and being able to paradoxically watch someone eat dinner alone, seemingly so detatched from human connection even with someone watching like some kind of otherworldly spectator.
nik282000•39m ago
If the room has an IP camera in it, it is by definition not private. Since cheap cameras have begun to appear everywhere I treat them all as if they were publicly viewable. I'm not going to hide from them, but I save my more thorough ear cleanings and ass scratchings for home.
AlecSchueler•15m ago
> If the room has an IP camera in it, it is by definition not private.

While right, there are multiple definitions of "private" and for others OP's point still stands.

rolph•17m ago
possibilities exist.

a] they may be exhibitionists

b] they dont realise they are misconfigured

c] someone hacked them to whatever end

d] they are doing nothing wrong thus believe they have nothing to hide.

davidvaughan•46m ago
Droitwich, UK, is a bit revealing.
nemothekid•16m ago
Off topic: Is there anyone doing any research on how to use Claude/Agents to design websites that don't look so, "Claude"?
nik282000•15m ago
You should ask Claude and see how many kWh and gallons it can use up to hallucinate an answer.
alexpotato•11m ago
People always say that LLMs design websites/write text/produce code that is the same.

I don't really understand this b/c it's trivial to say "write me a letter in the style of <famous letter writer A> mixed with the style of "<famous letter writer B>"

Or

"Here are some examples websites, make a new website that is a remix of all of the example sites".

You would be surprised at the results.

morkalork•10m ago
Maybe ask Claude how to keep the site up before doing a redesign of the UI...
johnmkane•7m ago
I feel like a small group of Geo Guesser pros could organize a nice competition for them selves and at the same time make a big service to lots of people.
realty_geek•3m ago
Seems a bit shifty to be honest...

What is the goal?

And they've created a reddit page specifically for this!

QuantumNomad_•3m ago
Hehe, this one has a feeding tray with a novelty sign on it:

> Baiting deer is illegal!

> This corn pile is intended for squirrels, chipmunks, and other such critters.

> Any deer found eating this corn will be shot!

https://ipcrawl.com/fun/c/373ef0178c5281a5

11m ago
I think the website is kind of awesome. If you put a window in your home and opened it to the world is it wrong to look through the window? If someone installed the camera and didn’t understand what they are doing that is on them.

Can you roast my AI slop that I build for fun?:D

https://swipeitup.vercel.app/
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