Filmmakers and journalists to camera makers: Add encryption
More than 150 documentary filmmakers and photojournalists have a message for the world's major camera companies: build encryption features into your still and video cameras.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation on Wednesday published an open letter signed by the likes of Laura Poitras, the filmmaker who helped Edward Snowden make his NSA leaks, and Alex Gibney, who directed the acclaimed Scientology documentary "Going Clear."
The idea behind the request is that the signatories receive threats from "border security guards, local police, intelligence agents, terrorists, and criminals" who try to suppress their footage and try to seize their video equipment. The thinking is that adding encryption features -- which can be used to protect or lock data -- would make the journalists and equipment less vulnerable.
