Re:Filmmakers Ask Nikon and Canon to Sell Encrypted Cameras
by sedachv on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:17PM
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> I'm not certain this has been thought through sufficiently. If an organization is in a position to confiscate the camera from a journalist, they're almost certainly ALSO in a position to extract the encryption password from the journalist.
Laura Poitras has been on the Department of Homeland Security "highest threat rating" list since 2006 and has her computer equipment seized and files copied by border agents every time she enters the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Poitras#Government_surve...
Poitras is a United States citizen and there is no law to compel US citizens to reveal their passwords to US border guards, presumably she knows this and does not reveal her passwords.
Laura Poitras has been on the Department of Homeland Security "highest threat rating" list since 2006 and has her computer equipment seized and files copied by border agents every time she enters the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Poitras#Government_surve...
Poitras is a United States citizen and there is no law to compel US citizens to reveal their passwords to US border guards, presumably she knows this and does not reveal her passwords.