Post 9lPNRXOGOf7KgTIXGS by vgan@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #9lNgOKyxaDHu93jKpk by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T16:03:44Z
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I discovered my first hidden camera at an AirBnB last week in Yerevan, Armenia. Always scan the wifi when you get to a new place!! #surveillance #nmap #privacy #dystopia #security #badposture
(DIR) Post #9lNljPG1Nn7pFxZn9M by tuxicoman@social.jesuislibre.net
2019-07-30T17:34:24Z
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@vgan nicely found. Which hardware is that?
(DIR) Post #9lNpR5dRzx1d0I3Zg0 by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T18:15:52Z
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@tuxicoman I’m not really sure but I did get a picture of a QR on the device...
(DIR) Post #9lNz3tEKx8sTPYszhI by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2019-07-30T20:03:48Z
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@vgan Troll them by staging a murder or something.
(DIR) Post #9lO1gQza4hFH2DUVsG by FiXato@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T20:33:09Z
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@vgan could've taken the camera with you, and when they tried to report you for theft, they could've explained themselves to the police why they were violating your privacy. ;)
(DIR) Post #9lOAaOZd3MbFNqY0cy by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T22:12:55Z
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@feynman In my case I was alone in a foreign country and didn’t feel safe just reporting it immediately. I posted public images to twitter but didn’t @ airbnb until after I checked out, then I reported it. They refunded my money and suspended the account.
(DIR) Post #9lOArPPVCCMUtwvJoW by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T22:16:00Z
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@feynman I unplugged it.
(DIR) Post #9lOBKUMJsM7weCIjfk by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T22:21:15Z
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@feynman It’s possible, who knows... Incredibly creepy.
(DIR) Post #9lONGeqU8zI9SjLnou by Jessica@niu.moe
2019-07-31T00:35:01Z
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@vgan tfw security system is a box
(DIR) Post #9lPNRWi4vVNCZdYqVk by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-30T16:05:10Z
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They had it hidden in the vacuum cleaner box with a little hole punched in the side...
(DIR) Post #9lPNRX5pVCN7lIfoX2 by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-31T08:45:16Z
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I reported the hidden camera after I checked out early and they immediately refunded me and suspended the account (and hopefully banned them).
(DIR) Post #9lPNRXOGOf7KgTIXGS by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-31T08:51:11Z
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As for how I found it, I used nmap to do a network scan and checked out the IP that wasn’t the router or one of my devices and it had some typical default credentials. I saw this article recently that goes deeper on finding cameras... https://isc.sans.edu/diary/How+to+Find+Hidden+Cameras+in+your+AirBNB/24834
(DIR) Post #9lPNWr1IqEpb0p5rI8 by carbontwelve@d20hero.club
2019-07-31T12:12:38.779299Z
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@vgan oh wow. I have stayed in placed where the owners have showed us the external cameras for property protection but never thought places would have them hidden inside.I'm guessing these are nefarious in nature rather than simply crime prevention?
(DIR) Post #9lPhlsZPMJ2xFMUIpE by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-31T09:23:13Z
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I feel like I should also add that over the course of the last year I have stayed at 27 different AirBnBs and they handled it pretty well after I reported it. Also, I do not think it had anything to do with the fact it was in Yerevan, could have happened anywhere...
(DIR) Post #9lPhltl8wA1mw2zBku by mike@social.chinwag.org
2019-07-31T13:32:01Z
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@vgan I help run a couple of Airbnb places, I've wondered a few times about how to reassure people about what's NOT there as well as telling them what is.A page in the guestbook listing all the devices we supply and expect to be on the wifi maybe ... maybe only one person in a hundred would care, but I'd like to make that person happy.
(DIR) Post #9lXgnLApx12dYko6jo by aurochs@mastodon.social
2019-07-31T15:06:54Z
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@vgan Some of us may need a tutorial to do that
(DIR) Post #9lXgnLTynqM0W7lOZk by vgan@mastodon.social
2019-07-31T16:08:25Z
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@aurochs this may help https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=24834
(DIR) Post #AmBm7XlyrTiVf6aiIK by ErikUden@mastodon.de
2024-09-20T08:24:37Z
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@vgan the worst part is that all it'd take is another / guest network for this to be undiscoverable without specialized gear :(