uk. nobody knows how many of these cameras are in the uk - uk. nobody knows how many of these cameras are in the uk but big brother watch says at 227 councils and 15 police forces use of these cameras and 35 councils use the other brand. you re talking about data on millions and millions of people that can be processed to potentially generate very detailed report about each of us and what we do and if that sounds hyperbolic then you really need to understand what it is the chinese government doesin it is the chinese government does in terms of surveillance in its own country against its own population. in its own country against its own population. panorama can now show own population. panorama can now show how own population. panorama can now show how security - own population. panorama can now show how security issues | own population. panorama can. now show how security issues in some of these cameras can be exploited. ipvm is one of the world s leading authorities on surveilla
installed on a bbc studio - to put inside. we have a camera installed on a bbc studio in - installed on a bbc studio in london and we we re going to build a back door that they built into its own products. panorama couldn t install it on a bbc network because of security so it was put on a firewall with no protection. as an i off experiment connor and john have agreed to play the role of hackers. they start by locating the camera inside broadcasting house and then attack it security. 50 broadcasting house and then attack it security. attack it security. so all we need to do attack it security. so all we need to do is attack it security. so all we need to do is plug - attack it security. so all we need to do is plug in, - attack it security. so all we need to do is plug in, type| attack it security. so all we i need to do is plug in, type in a string of 13 characters of the end of the device we want to get into. the end of the device we want to get into- the end of the device we w
the health security agency, defra, and an army reserve centre. the us surveillance camera commissioner says there are so many of them, they re like digital asbestos. we have a previous generation that has installed this equipment largely on the basis that it was cheap and got thejob done. we have now realised it has serious and inherent risks, so what do we do about it? do you trust hikvision and dahua? not one bit. chinese made surveillance cameras have been found surprisingly close to home. i walked into the home office lobby. as i was there standing at the desk waiting for my id to get checked, you know, as i do, given myjob, i ve looked around to see what kind of cameras they were using. conor had been invited to a meeting with civil servants in 2021 to discuss surveillance technology. i immediately spotted a camera on the ceiling which i knew to actually be
so we in, i can see his phone screen. so we now in, i can see his phone screen. so we now have a username and password for the bbc network and we have the pass code to a bbc employer s phone from this camera? ., . , , ., ,, camera? correct. this is akin to a locksmith camera? correct. this is akin to a locksmith giving - camera? correct. this is akin to a locksmith giving you i camera? correct. this is akin to a locksmith giving you a l camera? correct. this is akin i to a locksmith giving you a key to a locksmith giving you a key to your to a locksmith giving you a key to your home and then secretly making to your home and then secretly making a to your home and then secretly making a master key for all of the locks making a master key for all of the locks in that community that the locks in that community that is the locks in that community that is effectively what hikvision engineers did. hikvision says its products were not deliberately programmed with this flaw. the
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