More than 150 journalists want camera makers to "Encrypt and protect photographed data in camera"

BySimon Yeo

Film producers and photojournalist organizations that have also been nominated for the Academy Awards recommend to camera makers such as Canon, Nikon, and Sony "to have the function to encrypt and protect the captured data genuine We are calling for a request to say.

Over 150 filmmakers and photojournalists call on major camera manufacturers to build encryption into their cameras
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This complaint was raised by an organization called "Freedom of the Press Foundation" (Memorial Foundation for Press), and the members included "How did Enron giant companies collapse?"Acquired the Academy AwardAlex GibneyMore than 150 movie officials and journalists, including 15 director and academy director, including director and film director and director Laura Poitlas also have a name.

Many documentary filmmakers and battlefield photographers like those who sent requests this time are committed to visiting the most dangerous sites in the world to convey the state of the local life. Therefore, in order to hide unfavorable information when it is reported to the world, there are times that it receives pressure from various directions such as border guards, police, intelligence agencies and terrorists. In some cases, you may be detained or you may be forfeited by photographic equipment, and at that time the captured data is often easily pulled out.

ByJeanbaptisteparis

And the Foundation insists that the cause is the photo data stored in an unprotected state in the recording media of the camera. A non-profit organization that has been established and operated to protect the rights of journalists and monitor the repression of speech around the worldJournalist Protection Committee"About such a situation" The act of forfeiting a camera of a photojournalist is an outright way to silence and to shrink them, and since such acts are performed quite a lot, realistic It is a difficult situation to grasp everything in a sad reality, as a sad reality, photo journalists who grasp the state of the site and observe in a strict manner are always targeted, but how to protect their equipment and photographs There is almost no such thing. "

There are already equipment in the world that encrypts and protects photos taken. That is the smartphone that many people have in hand. The photograph data photographed by iPhone or Android terminal is encrypted, and a mechanism is adopted so that it can not easily see its contents except for the person who locked it. In addition, it is possible to protect data by encrypting data depending on settings on Windows and Mac. Nonetheless, more than 150 journalists are calling out to the cameras currently on the market, even though they are professional equipment, but no encryption function is installed.

The foundation is sending the following requests to Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and Olympus.

Camera Encryption Letter