3/25/2023 0 Comments Hacked city girl life![]() So, massive webcam breaches happened from time to time. Readers studied the hacking 101 guide and went online looking for cameras with poor passwords, installed in WCs, flats and back-street brothels. A user posted a manual on hacking surveillance cameras and all hell broke loose. Last year users of the Russian humor site Pikabu started exploring the world through someone else’s webcam. The creepy website was closed but the problem did not go away. Who is to blame for “hacked” private cameras? #security #webcams /k7LcRXH6vX The users kept the device’s default passwords or chose weak combinations like 12345. As it turned out, users all across the globe made the same simple mistake, which let the hackers in. It streamed video from thousands of webcams located in 250 world countries. In 2014 a voyeuristic website popped up in the news. While the general public has become aware of this creepy hobby only recently, it has actually been a “hobby” of hackers for years. Hacking webcams is a popular activity for young hackers. For example when a handful of victims approached their computers, he opened up a pornographic video in the browser right when they came close to their devices. The anonymous user turned these sessions into a real online show. This man streamed video from the hacked computers on YouTube. ![]() When I start to get hungry again, I'll bike back to Manhattan and go to Ollin just a couple of blocks from the bridge for a huge plate of amazing Mexican food that's never more than $15.Yesterday one of 2ch’s users attracted the attention of Russian media. There are some great virtual tours of the island, but I like to just bring a book and enjoy the outdoors. From there, I'm going to bike across town and head over the bridge at 103rd St. “ Papaya King + Conservatory Garden” -Susan Biegler (SOA’01) | by biking down to Absolute Bagels for some breakfast ($5). Here I’d check out Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory (they have vegan ice cream) and/or rooftop drinks at TimeOut Market □” -Matilda Ivarsson (SPS’22) | There are so many ferries to choose from, I would continue walking through all the way down to Wall Street and take the $2.75 ferry* from Pier 11 to Dumbo. “Go find your ‘Buy Nothing’ Facebook group in your neighbourhood to save money!” -Mine Cekin | 4th-year doctoral student in Mathematics Education, Teachers College | here’s my day: coffee at Think Coffee at 30th street near Hudson Yards, then walk The High Line down to Meatpacking. The moment you start looking for something is the moment they all disappear." -Katherine Wang (CC'24) "Always have some cash, water, and food with you. “Check the apartment before renting it!” - in doubt, go to sleep-you’ll need it.” -Srishti Mahajan (SIPA’22) | best Sunday fuel: BEC* on a bagel and a large iced coffee!” -Collier Curran (BC’20, LAW’25) | “Go to things you’re interested in even if you don’t have a friend to go with!!” -Emily Tillet (MSPH’23) | your own New York-everyone’s is different.” -Grace Carroll (CC’19) | the beauty in being alone!” -Misha Mathur (MSPH’21) | you belong.” -Cynthia Hornig (SSW’22) | be open to opinions and conversations you would not have anticipated otherwise.” -Dakshesh Thacker (SIPA’23) | On the essentials. and 5 a.m., you can ask the bus operator to let you off anywhere along the route, even if it's not a regular bus stop." -Kara Avanceña, Staff "If you're riding a local bus between 10 p.m. “Don’t rely solely on Google Maps to get around learn the subway system and street map.” -Rudy Rodriguez (GS’20, SPS’22) | you are lost, find an intersection with a bus stop and act like you are waiting for a bus while you figure out where you are and where you need to go try not to look lost." -Will Hunnicutt, Staff What one-sentence advice would you give to a NEW New Yorker? On transportation. ![]() Thanks to the students, staff, faculty, and alumni who shared their wisdom with Columbia News for this article. To be honest, we received so many tips through social media and our Google Form that we couldn't fit them all in one article! So get your Notes app out and get ready to explore off campus like a true New Yorker. And when we asked how you'd do New York City on $20 a day, some of you said it could not be done - but guess what? Those of you that took a stab at it came up with some truly ingenious itineraries we'll be taking advantage of too! ![]() A lot of you had similar suggestions (take the NYC Ferry, make the most of Central Park), but some you ventured off the beaten path to truly interesting new corners of the five boroughs.
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