The string is one of the most famous examples of a "Google Dork"—a specialized search query used to find unintentionally exposed hardware. This specific query targeted EvoCam , a popular webcam software for macOS in the early-to-mid 2000s. The Story of the "Unintentional Broadcast"
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To understand why this matters, we have to look back at the software at the center of it all: . intitle evocam inurl webcam html patched
: Limits results to pages where the URL contains "webcam.html", which is a default file naming convention for this software. intitle:"evocam" inurl:"webcam