Edit: Only 2 of these were actually installed.

...these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.

...the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.

Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.

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[–] 53 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Does make you wonder about all those Flock Cameras going up in the US and Europe.

I wonder how the public would respond if they believed the cameras were accessible by the nefarious Russians or the insidious Chinese?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

    The public has been generally brainwashed into believing the Russians aren't a threat, or are even a savior of right wing anti-gay gun-toting wife-beating conservatism.

    But considering Trump is working with Russia, and Russia is working with China, it's probably not that far out of reality.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    The public has been generally brainwashed into believing the Russians aren’t a threat

    Are you fucking joking?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago* (1 child)

    Dude they sent congressmen to Russia on the 4th of July.

    They hand out t-shirts that say "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat".

    The current American president said that he trusts Putin over his own intelligence agencies.

    Are you fucking asleep?

    Or do you think they just haven't gone far enough?

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  • [–] 1 point 55 minutes ago*

    The Stephen Crowder tier of right-wing hucksters make money on the "Buy My Merch To Make The Libs Mad" gambit precisely because you've got a full panel at MSNBC screaming about Russians being behind everything from Black Lives Matter to InfoWars. This kind of annoying Own-The-Libs bullshit only works because Liberals eat the Evil Foreigners Behind Everything line up with a spoon. It works because so many people are panicked about Russians hiding in the weeds.

    "They" also happily parade around with "Trump 2028" hats and bumper stickers that gloat about contributing to climate change, because these things are unsettling to a liberal audience. If nobody cared about Russia, conservatives wouldn't try to enrage their Lib neighbors by claiming the love Putin so much.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 hours ago

    I remember seeing articles that there are/were security vulnerabilities that went unpatched.

    Since the american government is already abusing them, there's less of a conversation about how foreign governments might abuse them

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