# Huh. Turns out Shodan is regarding us all, after all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511 "2016-01-28T18:04:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/1 "2016-01-28T18:04:43Z")
News item: “Shodan webcam search engine raises privacy concerns for Internet of Things.” > **[Webcam search engine raises privacy concerns for connected devices | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/shodan-webcam-search-1.3422130)** > > Shodan, a search engine that indexes computers and devices rather than information, now allows users to pull screenshots from nanny cams, security cameras and other connected devices around the world that don't ask for a username or password. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/2 "2016-01-28T21:49:46Z")
Soooo… just when you think you’re private, she’s checking out your meat and bone as you pant and sweat? [Damn h-h-h-hackers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo). ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/3 "2016-01-28T23:08:26Z")
I’m on a desktop - a shiny newish all-in-one with touchscreen, microphone, speakers, and **camera** all built in. It shipped with camera enabled, and any number of automated ‘phone home’ hooks from both the manufacturer and Microsoft (Win 8.1). I think i have them all disabled. Now I hear that Win10 (you WILL use it or die!) has 'phone home’s that even MS concedes cannot be disabled. I have a bit of cardstock taped over the _known_ camera. And now we are supposed to have our appliances and even the thermostats connected? Yeah, right… ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/4 "2016-01-28T23:17:17Z")
Remember the absolute shock when it was disclosed that Google had turned over “who searched for what” data? In 50 years, it will be revealed that the NSA or other spook group demanded and got a gps geotag transmitted from every device sold in the US. Will you really be surprised when it turns out that Uber transmits userid/phone id + date/time and location of pickup + date/time and location of destination + driver id to the NSA? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/5 "2016-01-29T02:01:28Z")
Darnit. I thought of that joke when I caught this on Reddit a day or two ago, but then forgot. ---
**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-turns-out-shodan-is-regarding-us-all-after-all/744511/6 "2016-01-29T14:25:35Z")
Well done, **Northern Piper** , well done!