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Ask Slashdot: Encrypted Digital Camera/Recording Devices?
Ransak writes "As we hear more and more about dashboard cameras catching unplanned events, I've thought of equipping my vehicles with them just in case that 'one in a billion' moment happens. But given the level of overreach law enforcement has shown, I'd only consider one if I could be assured that the data was secure from prying eyes (e.g., a camera that writes to encrypted SD memory). Are there any solutions for the niche market of the paranoid photographer/videographer?"
Get an eye-fi SD car for $50.
It transfers your photos/video from your camera to your laptop/tablet/smartphone and then deletes it from its local storage.
So you can show an empty SD card. And your laptop/tablet/smartphone is password protected and/or encrypted.
My God can beat up your God. Just kidding...don't take offense. I know there's no God.
5. The Police have NO RIGHT to search you or your property for evidence without a specified WARRANT. PERIOD.
You seem to be misinformed. They can search your vehicle during a traffic stop if they have probable cause. This can also be grounds for forcibly entering you home if they have cause to believe you are holding someone hostage, etc. Unfortunately probable cause can be very easy to abuse.
The you have even worse abuses such as the NYC stop and frisk law
Police routinely destroy, delete, edit and/or obfuscate footage when it shows them in an "unflattering" light, why do you expect everyday citizens to turn over evidence against themselves when the police fail to do the same?
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