Web-based DropCam Surveillance Systems Vulnerable to Hackers

The discovered weakness could allow hackers to spy on the targets by watching video and "hot-mike" audio on the cameras, inject fake videos into the surveillance startup in an effort to hide their malicious activities and use the compromised system to attack network.
via Web-based DropCam Surveillance Systems Vulnerable to Hackers

Ah. Yes, the Internet of Things.

The device runs an outdated and unpatched version of an open source Unix toolkit BusyBox, that may not even receive updates, and the older as well as vulnerable version of OpenSSL that made it vulnerable to the critical Heartbleed bug.

Well, that's the problem isn't it.

Video isn't interesting ... enough

>The way I see it, Video apps were created only to claim victory over a market that doesn’t really fix any problems or have a willing audience to begin with. It’s like trying to bring back the Twinkie, snack cake bakeries thought that the public wanted it because there was so much talk about how much people would miss them but when they start to come back onto he market, no one really cares.[fiftyfootshadows](http://fiftyfootshadows.net/2013/06/20/instavidigramification/)

I didn't care for it when Flickr added it way back when. I don't get Vine. I don't want video in my Instagram stream. Don't get me wrong. I love video. I'm a big movie watcher. I have a Netflix streaming account and an Apple TV. I even love well produced commercials.

But ... I just can't understand why anyone would want to share a few seconds of meaningless crap.

Conditions

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I've used many weather apps. Some offer a packed display of current conditions (no pun intended), location, wind speed and a forecast for the news few days. Others have gorgeous high-resolution animated images of the weather -- falling snow, blowing grass etc. Some others display Doppler radar video and breaking news on storms all over the world. These are all good apps geared towards the needs of a diverse demographic. My wife for instance doesn't just want to know if it will snow she wants to know when it will snow. I just want to know whether I'll be shoveling snow anytime that day.

Conditions is an iPhone weather app for the minimalist. This 99¢ app displays the current weather and the forecast for the news five days on a plain white background. You can swipe down to refresh the screen or tap gently to toggle between hiding or displaying the future forecast. The user can specific Fahrenheit or Celsius from the options in the iOS Settings app or let the app update that based on location. The app will turn dark at night. There are no other controls in the app.

That's all to tell about this app.