Message boards on Reddit and 4chan were ablaze last January over a freshly exposed vulnerability in certain models of Trendnet home security cameras. This flaw, when manipulated correctly, allowed users to surreptitiously gain access to thousands of at-home IP camera feeds, providing a veritable online playground for peeping toms. In response, Trendnet issued a firmware update that purported to eliminate the threat, though nearly one year later, it's apparent that many owners never took action.
Spending just a few minutes on the site can evoke an unsettling mix of fascination, guilt, and dread. The moving images that were once isolated and divorced from context are now fixed within a geographic space, imbuing them with an extra layer of reality — and, perhaps most important, lending a new sense of scale to Trendnet's security hole.
It appears, however, that the map was launched not with malice, but as part of a broader awareness campaign. Prominently displayed across the top of the interface is adownload link for Trendnet's firmware update, alongside a Pastebin document full of links to exposed streams. The @TRENDnetExposed Twitter account has also been publishing these links, branding each post with a #TrendNetExposed hashtag.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/22/3902698/trendnet-security-camera-streams-mapped-out
So weird. Apparently some of the cameras are placed in children's bedrooms...
If any American GOT users see this then go to the site and have a look incase somebody you know is affected.
