[pibaker]

I'd also ask us tech savvy people to practice some humility.

Yes, the people setting up these cameras are not following security best practices. But are you sure that you will not make the same mistakes? Are you sure you have never exposed anything you should not have on the Internet, and never will, even as you age?

Let anyone among you who is without fumbling security be the first to throw a stone.

[mordechai9000]

I worked for a small, local ISP in the mid 2000s. I don't think I made any stupid mistakes on my part, but I had plenty of coworkers who did. To be fair, people were often actively hostile to security concerns back then. It's not much better now, but at least not everything gets a public IP by default.

[bluefirebrand]

Personally, I'm not a security expert. I've worked in web for near 20 years, on some reasonably large network projects so I've picked up things here and there, but I still defer to our actual security experts when we roll things out

That said, I'm not 100% convinced I could set up a webcam streaming online without accidentally exposing it to the wider internet. Maybe 95% sure? But if even I couldn't guarantee it, what chance does your average joe who mostly only uses his computer for netflix have?

[NamlchakKhandro]

pfffa haha, i don't drink instant coffee and am not religious, therefore am intellectually god like compared to <insert group i'm objectifying today>