Amazon Key Camera Already Hacked
The day that the Amazon Key was all over the news we, as home and business security experts, had a few instant red flags that we proposed as potential areas of true concern. Well, as it turns out, the Amazon Key has already been hacked. One of the concerns we had in our post entitled "The Big Security Questions of Amazon Key" was the cloud-based security cameras and functionality. And, again, as it turns out, this is actually the big problem area. Namely, from Wired, accordin
Exacq Releases Advanced Situation Awareness Surveillance Technology
If you are in a business where situational awareness and analysis is a critical factor in your overall surveillance strategy, then you'll want to know about exacqVision 8.8 from Exacq. Version 8.8 was just released by Exacq this fall and in addition to many upgrades it offers new enhanced user controls for administrators. With exacqVision 8.8, operators and administrators will enjoy these, and many other, advanced features: * Better day-to-day monitoring with enhanced event l
Movie and Plotline Using Only Public Surveillance Camera Footage
We take our anonymity for granted. Here in the United States, while there is surveillance in most public places at some level, we have no where near the level of public surveillance that is pervasive in China. In fact, a Chinese-born filmmaker named Xu Bing has scoured so much publically available online surveillance footage that he was able to compose an entire movie with an actual plot (and voice over) using only surveillance from thousands of cameras. Perhaps at first thou
