Created: 23 Jan 2005
This google search returns a list of webcam control panels. Some of them can be panned and titled; I found one that even had a microphone and streamed sound to my browser. The majority of webcams are located in Asia, particularly Taiwan and Japan.
A great pastime for a nosy sod like myself. I do have some concerns that it is slightly … unethical. Do these people really know that their webcams are publicly available and controllable? Probably not in all cases. However there have been webcams which the public have been encouraged to use, for years. I have no way of knowing if the webcam owner is happy for me to view and control it remotely. So, I think I’ll just carry on peeking into other people’s lives; watching their dogs play, seeing crowds walk past on the street and peering into the pitch blackness.
Original link from Hack a Day.