I was going to do some University work today but then I came across the latest Google Hack.
It isn’t as illegal as it sounds though, it just involves you searching for certain terms using google.
Start with this: inurl:view/view.shtml.
You’ll see (mostly) a list of ip address (the four numbers with dots e.g 123.654.12.1) These are actually addresses to numerous surveillance cameras running around the globe. Click on one and you’ll see a live view of where ever its pointing.
Basically this works because one of the companies that sell video cameras has a setup program that creates a path of view/view.shtml. Simple.
You can also use terms like: inurl:”axis-cgi/mjpg”. This one comes up with actual images not live video feeds, but use your imagination and you can probably find the video feed (try this: remove everything after the first part and type in “/view/view.shtml” and see what you get)
Some of these videos have controls so you can pan and zoom them. I’ve noticed a lot of these seem to be actually surveillance cameras (as in Big Brother…) such as watching people in the centre of town – a lot must be controlled at some central base by a human sitting at a bank of screens… have some fun with these nosey people and keep panning the videos all over the place!! (See who givens in first…)
See them before they get locked down! Enjoy.