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Re:Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly p... by dylz on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:05PM (#23171209)
This is amusing to read because they largely/all seem to be AT&T mobile IPs, which get allocated from an absurdly sized pool with barely working geoip.
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Re:Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly p... by TrowthePlow on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:32PM (#23172078)
Well AT&T does own an entire /8 block (12.0.0.0/8) so they certainly have plenty to choose from
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Re:Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly p... by dylz on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:36PM (#23172118)
I guess for clarification what I mean is mobile pools are generally heavily mixed/NATed/etc all over the place, and the reddit OP claims that they're all hidden VPNs or something due to geo - mobile IP space geo literally does not work half the time and is an absolute mess. They're almost certainly just hotspots or an LTE SIM attached to the cameras with nothing else hiding it.
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