Digital Camera Memory Card With Wi-Fi

thefickler writes "A Secure Digital memory card with built-in Wi-Fi networking will allow digital cameras to upload images automatically to home computers and photo-sharing web sites. This product of California-based company Eye-Fi is currently in beta and should be launched later this year. Would you pay $100 for a 2-GB memory card in order to save the hassle of plugging in a USB cable?"

Comments

Security?

[uolamer]

Of course this product seems to provide convenience and has many applications. I just dont see it being that secure, once you take in account of how 'ignorant' the average person is about security. actually it sounds just fine, please start selling them asap, im bored.

My Wi-Fi

[dotslashdot]

My Wi-Fi is much better with memory than me; that's why I married her.

Re:My Wi-Fi

[JonathanR]

I hope she's got her MAC filter active, else she'll allow connections you might not be so keen on.

Or...

[BooleanLobster]

... surf the net with your camera!

I can't wait until they make an eggbeater with a built in webcam. Or a BlueTooth-enabled flashlight.

This reminds me of the marketing guy talking to Dilbert: "It has to have a 47'' screen and still fit in a purse or wallet. It has to act as a communications satellite as well as an air freshener. It must cure deadly diseases and whiten your teeth while you sleep! AND IT HAS TO BE CAPABLE OF TIME TRAVEL! AND HAVE A TELEPATHIC USER INTERFACE!"

Wireless Camera Memory-Driving

[HTH NE1]

This is great. Now I don't need to confiscate cameras from people for taking unwanted pictures; I just hack their camera's wifi and erase the pictures without their knowledge! Bonus, I get to download whatever personal pictures they have stored on the camera. This will be great for surreptitiously profiling people by the contents of their cameras at airports, too! ("No guns, no toy guns, no pictures of guns or toy guns permitted beyond this point.")