Insecam

{{Short description|Website listing unsecured Internet cameras}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

Insecam is a directory website that has lists of unsecured different live IP surveillance CCTV cameras without a changed default password. It initially had around 73,000 listed cameras.{{Cite web|first=Mark |last=Hachman|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/436281/insecam-web-site-should-terrify-those-who-use-a-default-webcam-password.html|title=Insecam Web site should terrify those who use a default webcam password|website=PCWorld|access-date=July 28, 2023|archive-date=June 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604044720/https://www.pcworld.com/article/436281/insecam-web-site-should-terrify-those-who-use-a-default-webcam-password.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-i-discovered-after-watching-24-hour-surveillance-footage-for-a-week/|title=What I Discovered After Watching 24-Hour Surveillance Footage for a Week|first=Daisy|last=Jones|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=July 28, 2023|archive-date=May 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515093842/https://www.vice.com/en/article/neknmx/what-i-discovered-after-watching-24-hour-surveillance-footage-for-a-week|url-status=live|work=Vice}}{{Cite web |first= Eliene |last=Augenbraun |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/site-exposes-security-weakness-in-thousands-of-webcams/|title=Insecam exposes security weakness by broadcasting thousands of webcams|date=November 11, 2014|website=CBS News|access-date=July 28, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319144712/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/site-exposes-security-weakness-in-thousands-of-webcams/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |first= Sarah |last=Zhang |url=https://gizmodo.com/a-creepy-website-is-streaming-from-73-000-private-secur-1655653510|title=A Creepy Website Is Streaming From 73,000 Private Security Cameras|date=November 6, 2014|website=Gizmodo|access-date=July 28, 2023|archive-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224213729/https://gizmodo.com/a-creepy-website-is-streaming-from-73-000-private-secur-1655653510|url-status=live}} As of 2025, the number was reported to be more than 2,000 camera feeds worldwide.

In 2014, HuffPost reported that the website had been shut down, and the programmer behind the website was looking for a new job.{{Cite web |first=Michael |last=Rundle |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/24/insecam-shut-down_n_6212156.html |title=Insecam Shut Down: Webcam 'Spying' Site Closed, But The Owner Wants A Job |access-date=April 18, 2024 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109053540/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/24/insecam-shut-down_n_6212156.html |url-status=live|work=HuffPost }} In 2018, WFTV in Orlando, Florida, said the website was still operating, and they had found a "video stream of a store in Lake Buena Vista on Insecam."{{cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Megan |title=How secure is your security? How to prevent your feed from being streamed online |url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/how-secure-is-your-security-how-to-prevent-your-feed-from-being-streamed-online/743997940/ |work=WFTV |date=May 4, 2018 |language=en}} As of 2025, Digital Camera World stated it was still operating, and had more than 2,000 camera feeds worldwide.{{cite web |last1=Bunermann |first1=Kim |title=Warning: Feel like you're being watched by your home cameras? Well, you might be… |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/cameras/articles/warning-feel-youre-being-watched-170448626.html |publisher=Digital Camera World |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250502155800/https://tech.yahoo.com/cameras/articles/warning-feel-youre-being-watched-170448626.html |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |via=Yahoo Tech |date=April 23, 2025 |url-status=live}}