On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 08:44 AM, Optimizzin Al-gorithym wrote:
Seems to me that WiFi solves this problem, at least for public places.At 10:08 AM 10/28/02 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote:In antoher context I've wondered about the possibility of wireless, near-real-time video upload. With 3G this will cetainly be easy, butI'mwondering if there are soft/hard gadgets that can auto-upload stuff.Plenty of webcams come with software to auto upload (e.g., ftp). They require a computer though. You mean an embedded device? A 2.5 G phone with a camera, and the 'feature' to autosend periodically, would be a fine vidbug.Reminds me of that LEO notice a while back that captors were leaving their cell phones, and leaving them on, in the copcars.
Alice uses a laptop or beltpack machine, with a Webcam or DV camcorder. (Minor details of using the laptop while closed...some laptops support this, others shut down. Hence the mention of beltpack/gargoyle machines.)
Bob is within WiFi range, a few hundred feet, but is not obvious to the Thought Police.
Alice broadcasts, Bob receives, Alice is arrested for thoughtcrime, Bob later uploads.
--Tim May
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