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Do you rely on remote imagery? I made a tool and am looking for advice

My friend and I have developed a tool that can be used to collect on the ground photo and video from a specific time and place. Not just another aggregator of social media posts. There will be a free offering as well as a paid offering, but right now we are still early stages of deciding how to make this sustainable and are trying to map out and prioritize the plethora of use cases for this,...

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Ask HN: Sharing public footage of an event that was caught on your camera

Hey there,I am currently researching public-facing outdoor cameras (CCTV, security, ring doorbells, webcams, etc), either personally owned OR used in small businesses (restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, retail stores, etc). I have some questions about- The frequency in which investigators ask you to export footage to aid in investigations- The amount of time it takes you to export...

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Re:Ask HN: Secure Alternatives to Dropbox on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @01:35PM (#4324355)
What aspect of security are you referring to or do you just mean overall?

I have been using mediacloud ( http://mediacloud.cc/ ) for the past few months and I've been very impressed with it. They have built-in file acceleration to give you the maximum upload speeds your network allows. I've been using it to upload files anywhere from 1mb to 20gb and have never had a problem.

As for security I know they use AES256 SSL, but again, am not sure which aspect of security you are interested in.