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Oh now this is very cool, and will probably be totally disabled the moment we report it, so enjoy it while it lasts. SFist reader Kristopher passes along a tip that he read on Craigslist: you can tap into a couple of Muni security cameras by pointing your browser to http://mmxvideo.homeip.net/camera/servlet/MainPage. Username is muni, password is videoshop.
Who's project is this? Who's running the show? We have no idea. All we can do is glue our eyes to the screen, watching unsuspecting San Franciscans milling around at train stations. The surveillance seems to be using software called Dunne.211, which looks to have been developed by a company called Border Collie Solutions, Inc. Does all this sound extremely X-Files? Yes, we thought so.
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Interesting juxtaposition with the post below. Are they secretly videotaping STUDENTS? Isn't that illegal?
Woooooo I like the cam views... but nothing is happening. My voyeuristic curiosity is unsated. I hope some good stuff happens on the platforms soon (or at least before they take the site down, or before I have to get back to working).
I tried this and I got a 'incorrect user/password' message. It would seem the curious have already been shut out.
If only MUNI was as quick to respond to rider concerns.
Damn it I didn't get to try it.
This is really bad security. Who set up this video system? Why is it facing the Internet? This should be buried behind a VPN at the very least. I'm pretty sure the user name is still muni, and the password is likely another dictionary word.
CCTV shouldn't face the internet, or if for some reason management wanted the public to see these cameras (how crowded is the station? are the trains running?) there should be a slick public site to access it.
Arrg. Hey Muni, need anyone to do computer security for you? It appears no one is doing that over in union-shop town. I'll pass along my contact info...
So the question is:
If we are paying for this service [funding MUNI via fares and the general fund] why can't we see the video streams? People are in public places, right? What are they hiding?
can you see the thugs on the t-third picking pockets?
mariconsoy: On the paranoid level, I'd say that the cams could be used for stalking, such as seeing of a certain person (or colored clothing) is in the station, or to see if there are a lot of people in the station to launch an attack. I mean, this is the reason Muni closed underground stations, right? Terrorism! Post 9/11 toilet use!
A slightly less paranoid idea is that it is public money, and there is a legitimate reason for joe public to view the station cameras, such as those I mentioned in my previous post.
Information wants to be free. Give us http://sfmta.com/cams/mmxporn please. :(
I can't EVEN believe that SFist is discussing this top secret shit like this!!! EVERYBODY knows that if you have super secret spy stuff of this nature, you always USE THE CONE OF SILENCE to talk about it!!! C'mon people, get with it!!!
Looks like the anonymous Craigslister must have just lost their job. I'll bet they got a big chuckle about this important finding... Sticking it to the man and all. Yawn. Disgruntled former employee wants to piss his former boss / IT guy off. Gets a few hits, then the password is changed. End of story.
No No No with the X-Files. This is just what you get when you go for the lowest bidder in the security contract RFP. This information should not be public, but it is not really that sensitive. Going with the highest bidder would not be a good usage of taxpayer monies, besides the security contractor probably has ties with Da Former Mayor.
Dealing wit security apparatuses is a fact of living in the modern metropolis, just as dealing with bunglers is a fact of
... working with any public service agency in San Francisco. To a certain extent, we are all bunglers. It is just some folks whose bungling is more public.
We can thank SF's progressive labor policies for rewarding the mediocre status quo. In the Child labor vs. "comfortable incompetants" battle, I'm thankful that we get the bunglers and Juan Colemans.