Re: [privacy] Internet surveillance device the size of postage stamp

[rms () computerbytesman com]

This gadget is actually very cool.  From the sounds of it, the card can be
used to upload digital files from any device to a remote Web server.  The
device simply writes a file to the card and away the file goes if there is
a nearby WiFi access point.  Any device with an SD card slot becomes an
Internet-enabled surveillance device.  The storage card will also act as a
queue if there isn’t an AP currently available.

Richard

> Date sent:            Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:57:10 -0400
> From:                 rms () computerbytesman com
>
> > Want to spy on a family member, friend, or co-worker?  Just install one
> > of
> > these WiFi-enabled SD cards in their digital camera.
>
> Indeed.  Install/config it on your own camera, and then the work of a
> second to
> swap it out on theirs.  Or, give it as a gift ...
>
> Of course, it isn't fair to target Eye-Fi, since:
>
> > Camera makers already build the popular wireless technology, called
> > Wi-Fi,
> > into some models. Eye-Fi hopes to differentiate itself by upgrading the
> > tens of
> > millions of cameras that have already been sold that use the stamp-sized
> > card
> > format called SD. It also plans to make the photo-transfer process easy.
>
> And it'll certainly make the swap-out option easy.  But how good is the
> security
> on these WiFi enabled cameras?  How long before we see viruses that will
> reconfig
> the settings on your camera (sending anything with a sufficiently high
> ration of
> skin tones to porn sites in Bulgaria)?
>
> > Another alternative for consumers is to use cellphones that have digital
> > cameras, which are improving in quality rapidly. In many cases, however,
> > customers don't upload the photos they shoot with cellphones either, in
> > part
> > because of charges imposed by cellular carriers, Mr. Glaz said.
>
> And so, is Eye-Fi going to get into that market?  A SIM chip that keeps
> your
> phone settings, but also allows you to freely send the pics to flickr (or,
> more
> likely, MySpace) would probably have a huge market.  And the malware
> already
> exists for that market.
>
> > Mr. Koren said he got the idea for the venture when he attended a
> > wedding,
> > at which many of his friends took pictures. "Everybody promised to share
> > them," he said. "A year went by and I still never saw those photos."
>
> Yeah, know *this* story.  He'll make a ruddy fortune.
>
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