friend in indianapolis, or a friend in new zealand, whatever it is, you're practicing first and then maybe you're not ready for prime time, but as we learn in this week's "technovations" you may already have an audience that you don't know about here. >> reporter: in this living room a stuffed animal on the couch. >> we're looking actually at a live shot of a friend's house. it's not an individual we don't know but it is a live shot of somebody's home and there are many others out there. >> reporter: how did we get this view? the camera you used to chat online hacked giving outsiders a window into your home. how rampant is this? >> i would say many, if not more than half of the ip cameras at least have an issue where it doesn't prompt the user to change the default user name and pass word or it has a vulnerability where you can bypass security and get right into the camera. >> reporter: it's not just your webcam, any camera connected to the internet could be