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The use of security cameras may have some people feeling less secure with good reason. Unsecured or poorly protected computer cameras or security cameras linked to the web have been found and posted to websites for all to see, said Professor Nicolas Terry. He gave the interview to Indianapolis-based WRTV Channel 6 on February 18.

The story quotes security experts who recommend changing the default passwords on such systems to something more secure. But Professor Terry recommends consumers think twice about plugging security cameras into the internet in the first place.

Professor Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law and executive director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. He has been invited by the White House to take part in the Precision Medicine Initiative Summit on February 25. He also is a member of the Health IT Consumer Workgroup. His research interests lie primarily at the intersection of medicine, law, and information technology. His recent scholarship has dealt with health privacy, social media and health, big data, and health care fragmentation. He started the podcast, “The Week in Health Law” with Professor Frank Pasquale of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. The podcast is available for download at iTunes, and PodBean, and can be listened to at Stitcher Radio. He is one of the permanent bloggers at HealthLawProf and at Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health.  His recent publications are available on the Social Science Research Network, and he can be followed on Twitter @nicolasterry.