When these cameras were manufactured, they were designed for convenience. The default settings allowed a user to plug the camera into a router and instantly view the feed from anywhere in the world without requiring a complex setup. Unfortunately, this meant that if the user didn't change the default password (or if the camera didn't have a password at all), the feed was broadcast to the open web. Because search engine web crawlers automatically index public URLs, these feeds ended up on Google.
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