The sort of webcams we&#x27;re describing are very recent. For $50, you can buy a CCTV camera that includes a network interface and a web server. That has only been possible for a few years thanks to cheap smartphone-derived SoCs.<p>The IoT is turning consumers into inadvertent sysadmins. For the first time in the history of computing, inexpensive consumer products are functioning as servers. These servers are often dreadfully insecure, e.g. internet-accessible root access with a default password.<p>The market for a $50 IP camera is inherently different to the market for an $800 IP camera.