Raising bar on CCTV abilities
Voice of the Valley as published in Malay Mail today By Pearl Lee THE effectiveness of surveillance cameras in the country has come under massive scrutiny over the past few weeks. ?First it was the shocking revelation that footage from Internet-Protocol (IP)-based closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were screened illegally on Insecam.com. ?The website showed images from thousands of CCTVs around the globe, including more than 800 locations in Malaysia. Users were able to view and monitor what transpired in homes, offices, boutiques and even goldsmith shops. Even shocking is the locations of the images, in the form of coordinates, were made available on the website. The creator of the website wanted to prove a point — tapping into one’s system was easily done, especially so with generic usernames and passwords. It was to serve as a lesson, to understand and appreciate the importance of having an alphanumeric password. Even streets and government buildings in P...