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The point is the bloody things are unsecured.

It's one thing for LAPD to throw up a camera that looks in your windows with a warrant (not convinced they have one, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt).

It's another thing for LAPD to throw up a camera that looks in your windows AND LEAVE IT UNSECURED ON THE INTERNET.

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Mistakes in areas generally off limits to regular folks seem more outrageous because LEOs are trusted with powers of surveillance and lethal enforcement of the law.

But LEOs are people and people make mistakes. It happens and when it does it can be scary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WgxUoky4kg

It is an understatement to describe LE as not IT people. In general LE struggles greatly with technology and the ability to recruit technology people.

Totally agree, which is why I recommended people contact their local Attorney's General if they live in a state or city where one of these are located.

If they are, or can be steered to, look in a window, that’s one thing. But if they can only see the public street, then they should be unsecured, for the convenience of the public. I can use them to check traffic, or see if the bus is coming.

A lot of these can be steered.

Even more convenient. And when the law enforcement purpose needs them to be fixed on a certain spot, then turn off public access until the investigation is over.

And by polling them to see when public access is disabled, you know exactly when and where stakeouts are happening!

Could you offer this as a SaaS? Any good literature on how to develop pricing models aimed at criminals?

Or see if you're being surveiled.

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