Re: Cheap DVR's Get Hacked

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"Pa_Bound" <nospamhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "G. Morgan" <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>I've also installed cameras in Micro Chip manufacturing Clean Rooms, and
>>>Protected Cray Super Computer Facilities. When you see all of those
>>>"Traffic Safety Cameras", ever wonder why there is a need for these
>>>"Safety" cameras in some of the most rural areas with no real traffic
>>>problems?
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>> Interesting points...  I'll get back to you on the cool stuff.
>>
>> I wanted to address this one in particular.  I used to think those rural
>> 'cameras' were IR sensors to detect engine heat, for sensing
>> presence/absence of vehicles.  You know, to take the place of the
>> induction loops in concrete.
>>
>> Are you saying those are actually cameras?!  Shit, we have 6 of them at
>> each intersection in the suburb outside of Houston where I reside.  All
>> told there are 100's of them in an area with ~12K households.  I used to
>> think they were cams. and wondered who monitored them, and why they were
>> not on public websites for "us" to see the traffic.  Are you saying they
>> actually *are* cams, not traffic signal sensors?
>>
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> On that point, I have heard that they are really cameras and the system is
> using "video motion" to detect a vehicle to trip the lights.  It makes a
> much better trip mechanism than the ground loops that get fried by
> lightning strikes and/or damage from being in a hostile road surface.  Not
> to mention the problem of being on a motorcycle waiting "hours" for the
> light to change so that you can pass through the intersection safely when
> no other traffic is present.  :-)
>
> Les


I forgot to add that when you see those cameras at some rural intersection
there would need to be some means of getting the video signal out to a head
end somewhere.  Never did see a video transmission antenna mounted anywhere.
Unless it is covertly installed behind the red light fixture.

Les