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'Hopelessly insecure’ Motorola CCTV cameras belatedly patched

Cuddles

Taking the CC out of TV

Can we please stop calling these things "CCTV". The CC stands for "closed circuit", ie. it's a closed system that only allows any control and viewing to be done internally. If you monitor and control it via the internet, it's just a webcam. Call it a security camera if you want to pretend there's a meaningful difference from regular consumer webcams, but calling it CCTV implies a level of inherent security that simply isn't, and cannot be, present.

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