Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras

Re:Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras by angry_octet on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @09:45AM (#13176271)

There needs to be an explicit mode for using 'secure' storage. If you dial in a code that is incorrect it just shows an empty partition. But if you don't put it in 'secure mode' (i.e. just press play) it will show the holiday snaps.

It needs to have a have a default timeout on authentication, like 15 minutes, and ideally a 'zeroise' button to flush the key, or optionally erase all.

I'm reminded of those fake SD cards that say '32GB' and report 32GB but only have 128MB chips. I'd like the opposite, something that says '16GB' but has a hidden memory segment.

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Re:Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras by WereBooks on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:22AM (#13176579)

I liked that feature of truecrypt. Does anything else these days have a deniable encryption feature?

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Re:Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras by marcosdumay on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:35PM (#13178975)

Is there place on the USB handshake to push a key?

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Re:Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras by angry_octet on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @09:21PM (#13181819)

Nothing official. And if it had any other USB modes it wouldn't look like a plain SD card anymore. But you could use a knock protocol to talk to it.

Another solution would be to use an EyeFi card. A while back someone hacked a different firmware onto them; at least conceptually you could do that again and have them report no data. Some details: https://www.os3.nl/_media/2013-2014/courses/ot/connor_stavro...

Using an EyeFi to immediately transfer the data to a cell phone with encrypted storage is also a consumer level solution that would just work. But of course phones come under heavy scrutiny too and they might just beat you up until you tell them the pass code.

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