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insecam wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 features 3 reception 4 notes 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents insecam 1 language فارسی edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia website listing unsecured internet cameras insecam website type web directory country of origin russia website insecam org launched 2014 current status active insecam a is a russian based directory website that lists unsecured live ip surveillance and cctv cameras with a default password launched by an anonymous programmer in 2014 with the stated goal of bringing awareness to password security the site initially had around 73 000 listed cameras across 152 countries users can use several categorizations to find cameras from specific manufacturers countries or locations as of 2025 over 2 000 live feeds could still be accessed insecam made headlines in november 2014 with media outlets often criticizing it for invading people s privacy and being a possible tool for voyeurism members of the united states and united kingdom governments also expressed concerns over its ability to stalk citizens the creator wiped the site s functionality and attempted to find a remote programming job but brought it back the same month with cameras now being manually filtered to remove live feeds from homes history edit insecam was created by an anonymous programmer in 2014 he was inspired by similar ideas that appeared a few years ago but went largely unrealized until he decided to create a website with his own free time 1 directories created before insecam were often presented as pastebin documents or marked locations on google maps 2 the site is hosted in russia though huffpost has suggested it was not necessarily created in the country 1 its creator has stated his goal was to show the importance of the security settings hoping that the directory would motivate more consumers to change the default passwords on their cameras 3 4 according to insecam s creator the website averaged about 3 000 4 000 online users during its peak in november 2014 1 and hosted around 73 000 unique camera feeds across 152 countries 5 4 techcrunch reported that by november 7 many cameras in the directory had stopped working likely as a result of increased attention received worldwide 4 sixteen days later 6 the website was replaced with the message programmer looking for a good remote job including a list of skills and an email address for contact 7 on november 25 insecam returned to its original domain insecam cc and resumed hosting live camera feeds claiming that all cameras were now manually selected so they would not invade anybody s private life 8 the site has since returned to using insecam org 9 in a 2018 study three researchers collected the history records of all cameras ever streamed on insecam finding that at least 560 293 unique cameras have been on the website with 290 344 still maintaining a webpage using the assumption that all ip information on the site is correct they estimated that about 20 000 to 25 000 active cameras were shown with an average of 215 new cameras added every day 10 as of 2025 the total amount of active cameras has shrunk to over 2 000 11 features edit insecam acts as a directory for publicly accessible cameras such as this cctv camera 12 insecam is a web directory that lists cameras streaming on publicly accessible network ports and are often cctv or ip based cameras that still use default passwords in 2014 most featured cameras were from major manufacturers like foscam and panasonic the site organizes cameras into multiple categories such as their manufacturer country or popularity 4 cameras can also be sorted based on their surrounding scenery such as being located in a farm or facing traffic 13 each feed includes the camera s latitude and longitude markers alongside its location on google maps 14 journalists noted the variety present in insecam s directory 13 5 vice s daisy jones stated cameras on the site could contain churches restaurants farms streets bars private gardens beaches or barber shops and recounted watching taiwanese hairdressers and israeli bakeries to exemplify the numerous available countries 13 reception edit insecam received a surge of media coverage in november 2014 the earliest known article regarding the website was published by vice motherboard on november 1 though its author joseph cox chose to keep the site unnamed 13 4 5 cox called it one of the latest and perhaps biggest examples of a trend wherein security researchers risk people s personal privacy under the justification of exposing security issues arguing that such practices can harm the public at large 5 he also criticized the site s monetization through advertisements 5 according to alex hern of the guardian reception was mixed on social media sites like reddit initial viewers of a thread linking to insecam found the concept to be creepy but later on other users began sharing screenshots and links to cameras that showed women in compromising positions such as masturbating or vacuuming in revealing clothing who were unaware that they were being watched 15 publications like gizmodo expressed concerns that the site enabled voyeurism 16 a concern expressed by users as well as media outlets like networkworld was the prevalence of cameras located in nurseries 2 4 this stemmed from the site s usage of foscam manufactured cameras which many parents used to monitor their children 2 4 foscam later told vice motherboard that their security protocols now required users to change their default logins 3 increased media coverage of insecam caused governments to issue statements regarding the website including general webcam safety on november 20 the u s federal trade commission warned against webcam hackers and urged wireless camera owners to take extra security measures such as changing the camera s default password or switching to the wi fi protected access 2 wpa2 security protocol 17 that same day the united kingdom s data protection watchdog explicitly condemned insecam and then information commissioner christopher graham moved to shut down the website citing privacy concerns 12 18 in response to allegations that they were responsible for the direct hacking of live camera feeds the website assured that all available cameras were mirrored from different locations online which could already be watched publicly 12 notes edit sometimes stylized as insecam references edit 1 2 3 rundle michael november 25 2014 i m not sorry webcam spy hacker tells huffpost huffpost archived from the original on august 3 2025 retrieved june 1 2026 1 2 3 smith ms peeping into 73 000 unsecured security cameras via default passwords network world archived from the original on november 8 2014 retrieved june 1 2026 1 2 augenbraun eliene november 11 2014 insecam exposes security weakness by broadcasting thousands of webcams cbs news archived from the original on march 19 2023 retrieved july 28 2023 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 biggs john november 7 2014 insecam displays unsecured webcams from around the world techcrunch archived from the original on may 21 2023 retrieved june 1 2026 1 2 3 4 5 cox joseph november 1 2014 this website streams camera footage from users who didn t change their password motherboard archived from the original on november 1 2014 retrieved june 1 2026 programmer is looking for remote job insecam november 23 2014 archived from the original on november 23 2014 retrieved june 1 2026 rundle michael november 24 2014 insecam shut down webcam spying site closed but the owner wants a job huffpost archived from the original on november 9 2017 retrieved april 18 2024 view net surveillance online cameras insecam november 25 2014 archived from the original on november 25 2014 retrieved june 1 2026 whois insecam org www whois com archived from the original on august 17 2025 retrieved june 1 2026 xu haitao xu fengyuan chen bo march 2 2018 internet protocol cameras with no password protection an empirical investigation pdf international conference on passive and active network measurement isbn 978 3 319 76481 8 archived pdf from the original on june 16 2024 cite journal cs1 maint periodical has isbn link bunermann kim april 23 2025 warning feel like you re being watched by your home cameras well you might be digital camera world via yahoo tech cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link 1 2 3 kirk jeremy november 20 2014 governments hit back against webcam snooping websites computerworld retrieved june 1 2026 1 2 3 4 jones daisy may 22 2018 what i discovered after watching 24 hour surveillance footage for a week vice archived from the original on may 15 2023 retrieved july 28 2023 wollerton megan november 10 2014 website spies on thousands of people to shed light on security flaw cnet archived from the original on august 16 2025 retrieved june 1 2026 hern alex november 20 2014 webcam creepshot pictures viewed and shared on reddit the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved june 1 2026 zhang sarah november 6 2014 a creepy website is streaming from 73 000 private security cameras gizmodo archived from the original on december 24 2017 retrieved july 28 2023 fleming nicole vincent what to know about webcam hackers consumer information www consumer ftc gov archived from the original on november 22 2014 retrieved june 1 2026 weaver matthew november 20 2014 uk moves to shut down russian hackers streaming live british webcam footage the guardian issn 0261 3077 retrieved june 1 2026 external links edit official website retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title insecam oldid 1376128069 categories websites web directories webcams hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use mdy dates from may 2025 cs1 maint periodical has isbn cs1 maint deprecated archival service official website different in wikidata and wikipedia this page was last edited on 22 september 2026 at 05 56 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia 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