Never leave default credentials intact. Enable mandatory user login for viewing live feeds. Ensure that anonymous or guest viewing privileges are completely disabled in the camera's system settings. Disable UPnP and Restrict Port Forwarding

Understand the mechanics of Google Dorking for IP cameras. Learn how the search operator intitle live view axis inurl view viewshtml works to expose unsecured security feeds, discover the underlying network vulnerabilities, and find out how to secure your hardware against unauthorized public access.

Axis cameras require digest authentication. The browser may cache credentials, but the /view/view.shtml frame and the /axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi request are separate. If the latter times out, you see a login prompt embedded in the image placeholder. Solution: Clear browser cache, or use a monitored browser (like VSCode's Browser Preview) that sends credentials with every request.