Hey,
I’ve just found there’s an IP spy cam connected to my network when I was looking at devices connected to the router. I have the IPv4 address and MAC address for the camera. How can I access the feed ? Via the MAC address I found it was a Shenzhen camera and went to https://www.ispyconnect.com/camera/shenzhen but can’t seem to get the feed up.
I suspect my landlord is spying on me.
Any help would be appreciated.
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FYI, Shenzhen is an area of China which many devices are produced in - so unless the MAC vendor lookup specifically mentions cameras, it could be literally anything.
Do you have any unbranded/obscure-branded devices that are connected to the router but not showing up elsewhere on the client list? Particularly IoT devices etc.
If it does turn out to be a camera, the other commenters’ advice is all good.
I have a few of these products, surveillance cameras, door cams and smart light bulbs. But a lot of spy mintuar cameras are also made and shows up as that company. I had a USB charger that doubled as a spy camera so they could be hiding in vents. There is a few phone apps that detects them easily which you can try or turn off the lights to each room, put your phone in night vision and scan area for bright dots.
I have a US B charger that has a camera in it… that takes micro SD cards and has no wifi.
Dunno if this works, but look at your router and see what IP address it has, then type that in your browser. A long time ago, it was that easy.
Scan the IP with nmap, try os detection, maybe you get an ide of what OS i runnig (it could be an android device and not a camera?). Or try portscan, maybe you can get an ide of what services are running and if you can connect to those.
How would your landlord have the credentials for your network?
I would change the WiFi SSID and password, and then look for the camera.
OP is it really YOUR network or is it a network shared by the landlord?
If it’s really YOUR network (i.e. your cable modem and your router) then how did the landlord manage to access it?
I wanted to mention that product identification by MAC address isn’t perfect. Some IoT or embedded device might be causing a false positive for you. From a PC, try connecting (using telnet) to the common port(s) ipcams use, before assuming that it is an ipcam.
If you have your own router or one from your ISP, your landlord would have to have the camera connected directly to it or have your wifi ssid and password.
Nobody is spying on you OP. Lay off the caffeine.
Are you sure it’s a PUBLIC IP address? All the network connected stuff in your house will have an IP address, but most of them will be internal IP addresses, assigned by your router. They typically wont be available to the wider internet.
How do you know you identified the device properly?
Run advanced IP scanner and see if it pulls a web interface for the I.P
Angry scanner and zenmap are other options
you would need the ip address and password.
An easy way to spot a spy camera, or hidden camera is IR light that they typically emit. Turn off all your lights, pitch black, open your cell phone camera and look around your apartment. Using the view finder. Turn your brightness down. If the spy cam is using light it will glow on your screen.
One thing you can do right away is go into the router admin panel, change the username and password, and block network access for that specific camera in the router’s settings.