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More and more moms are using inexpensive wireless cameras to keep an eye on their babies from anywhere in the house.

But what many parents who buy these wireless monitors don't know is that they may not be the only ones watching their children.

It's a shocking invasion of privacy. Strangers peeking into your home from the street, using the very camera you thought was securing your family's safety.

Here's how it can happen.

INSIDE EDITION installed a rearview camera for the car called a backup camera. It's designed so drivers can see what's behind them when they put the car in reverse. It's a device that's growing in popularity.

But when we drove around a number of neighborhoods in New York, it didn't take long to pick up an image from a nearby home's wireless security camera. It popped up on the screen, right in our car...the back stairs to someone's home.

Front yards, backyards, and we even caught an image of a toilet, coming from a wireless camera installed in someone's bathroom. We picked up the signal just as anyone else driving by with a backup camera could as well.

Security expert Patrick Brosnan says what makes this so disconcerting is that these cameras are supposed to make families more secure.

"You're maybe sleeping better, but you're much more at risk. Those images are being sent out to individuals who could do you harm. And they're crystal clear," says Brosnan.

Sandy is a mom of four from Belle Harbor, New York. We showed her video of her 2-year-old son that popped up in our car.

"It's very upsetting because I'm in there all the time with my girls. I change clothes in there, I used to nurse my baby in this room," Sandy says.

And when INSIDE EDITION drove past a young woman's house in Howard Beach, New York, we saw video of her son, Vincent, climbing in his crib.

"Let me show you what we saw from down the street," said Matt Meagher.

"I'm shocked. I'm terrified. I'm very upset. I spent $300 for the whole world to see what's going on in my house...I never knew this was happening. Never. This is horrible," said the mom.

The juvenile products industry says the overwhelming safety benefits of video monitors far outweigh any risks, and that newer technology is emerging that will prevent interception

In the meantime, if you want to make sure you aren’t inadvertently sending images and sound from inside your home for anyone to see, experts say you can either install wired cameras, or buy a wireless camera that is WI-FI Certified. WI-FI cameras use your wireless internet connection, but remember: the encryption MUST be turned on!



- This was on the pregnancy site & i am posting it her as alot of you including myself use this monitor. Now I dont know what to use.