User:Ms7821/Security theatre
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Currently webcams are easy to access on any device, simply by knowing the URL.
The following people requested for it to be members only:
| Montyphy | Monty |
| TheHypnotist | Morris |
| SamLR | Sam Cook |
| Russss | Russ Garrett |
| layer1gfx | Chris |
| SheraDreaming | Lauren |
| roberthl | Robert Leverington |
The following people requested it be left public:
| Renski | Darren McDonald |
| ms7821 | Mark Steward |
| dmi | David Ingram |
| Paul2 | Paul Dart |
| elliot_w | Elliot West |
| solexious | Charles Yarnold |
| earthshine | Mike McRoberts |
| srimech | Jim MacArthur |
| dirkx | Dirk-Willem van Gulik |
| tajasel | Katie Sutton |
| tomwyatt | Tom Wyatt |
| Phil | Phil Roy |
| v21 | George Buckenham |
| varoudis | Tasos Varoudis |
The following people requested a new shareable URL:
| Sunkzero | Darren Hubbard |
| eb4890 | Will Pearson |
| Eithin | Sam Kelly |
| TheHypnotist | Morris |
Roberthl has already suggested a rearrangement of the cameras[1].
I hope that's enough, but if not, here's how the members-only limit might work without causing too much disruption:
- Logged in user visits webcam page
- Auth cookie is checked; user is given a long-lived cookie with auth details
- User is redirected to current URL with key (random)
- Current URL with key can be distributed
Periodically, current URL changes
- When current URL key is wrong, long-lived cookie is checked and user reauthenticated
- If user is still active, user is redirected to current URL with key
- If not, user is invited to ask on IRC