Slashdot Mirror
Technology for Undercover Journalists?
Undercover Journalist asks: "I need to take pictures and video in an area where soldiers/police will try to stop me if they saw what I am doing or/and confiscate my equipment. I need a rig that will allow unobtrusive taking of video/pictures and a way to transmit these images out as soon as I take them. I am thinking on a very small digital camera that can link to a notebook/pda that will spool the stream and use wireless to send the stream to a back-office for emailing it. Preferably, I should be able to script things, e.g. automatic, hand free operation and self-delete of files after transmission. The equipment should be at consumer level pricing. I don't have CIA budgets. I would appreciate thoughts about the kind of rig that would work best."
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network was captured while attempting to obtain intelligence information about a U.S. Navy Cruiser docked in a New York harbor. When questioned, the suspect admitted that the design for his surveillance gear was supplied by a hacker website known as 'Slashdot'.
Senator Fritz Hollings (D - Disney) called for an immediate retaliatory air strike against the website, for "giving aid and comfort to the enemy". At press time, DoD officials were looking into how exactly to launch an air strike against a website, but had no further comment.