Digita Camera Security
Recently a patent application filed by Canon has surfaced. It describes how a fingerprint reader would work on a DSLR camera. The industry seems to be excited by the fact it moves now into adopting security technologies. Unfortunately this patent does not solve much of the problem. Fingerprint reader is always an icing on a cake. But to put the icing you need the cake baked, which is not the case here.
What is missing is the whole standard of how digital signatures and encryption are applied to photo image files. How the security keys are handled. Both in cameras and in associated software applications, including digital post-processing and web sharing.
The new digital technologies have poised a big problem for the traditional camera manufacturers. They could grasp the imaging part, by integrating digtal sensors in camera bodies. But they have fallen short on integrating the whole experience around sharing, using smart/connected devices as camera accessories etc. When I see products such as the Camranger that are essentially hacked TP-Link routers you can buy for $300 I want to cry! Apart from proving a state of the art sensor and AF module and a range of lenses, DSLRs should offer absolutely seamless interaction with phones and tablets.
The fingerprint sensor seems to fall into the same space. Very limited application with lacking support for wider standardization and interoperability. The digital gap between iPhones / Pixels and DSLRs is widening and camera vendors are willingly pushing themselves into a small "professional" corner.
What is missing is the whole standard of how digital signatures and encryption are applied to photo image files. How the security keys are handled. Both in cameras and in associated software applications, including digital post-processing and web sharing.
The new digital technologies have poised a big problem for the traditional camera manufacturers. They could grasp the imaging part, by integrating digtal sensors in camera bodies. But they have fallen short on integrating the whole experience around sharing, using smart/connected devices as camera accessories etc. When I see products such as the Camranger that are essentially hacked TP-Link routers you can buy for $300 I want to cry! Apart from proving a state of the art sensor and AF module and a range of lenses, DSLRs should offer absolutely seamless interaction with phones and tablets.
The fingerprint sensor seems to fall into the same space. Very limited application with lacking support for wider standardization and interoperability. The digital gap between iPhones / Pixels and DSLRs is widening and camera vendors are willingly pushing themselves into a small "professional" corner.
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