Criminals can use exposed security cameras to monitor a home or business, tracking when the occupants leave, identifying valuable assets, and planning physical break-ins.

Do you currently use to view your cameras away from home?

Many results lead to a login page. Using default credential lists (e.g., admin:admin , admin:1234 , root:root ) often grants access. The famous main.cgi page on some Trendnet cameras had a hardcoded backdoor user ( supervisor ).

The most common find. Some cameras are configured with no password at all, or the manufacturer default (e.g., admin / no password). Clicking the result loads a live, often real-time video feed of:

: This is another search operator that looks for a specific string within the URL of a webpage. For instance, "inurl:maincgi" would search for URLs containing "maincgi".