[Noisebridge-discuss] Secure video recording apps (WAS: door "security": culture, not policy.)

[Sai]

Er… how is ffserver/ffmpeg an iPhone or Android app?

- Sai

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Dean Mao <dean.mao at hackerdojo.com> wrote:
> One can configure ffserver/ffmpeg to record in a ring buffer.  The length of
> recording time is determined by the size of the ring buffer.  This way it
> never really uses up infinite storage and one can download the file for
> viewing purposes.  Assuming you have it stored on a computer with limited
> access, it would probably cover most of those requirements.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Sai <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
>>
>> That reminds me of something.
>>
>> What iPhone or Android software would (* mandatory):
>> 1. * Record video
>> 2. * Not allow viewing or deleting footage without a password
>> 3. Not allow stopping a recording once started without a password
>> 4. Work when the phone is otherwise locked
>> 5. Upload video as it's being recorded
>> 6. Record front & back video simultaneously
>>
>> iPhone 5's Camera app, when accessed from the lock screen, does 1, 2 &
>> 4 (though it requires the display to be constantly on while recording,
>> which is undesirable as a battery drain).
>>
>> I don't know anything else that does what I want. Qik and Ustream both
>> fail point 2. :-(
>>
>> Anyone know better solutions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Sai
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty
>> <gopiballava at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mar 22, 2013, at 20:58, Garrett Mace <garrettmace at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Video surveillance in the space.
>> >
>> >
>> > How about something that caches a certain duration of video, and deletes
>> > it
>> > unless somebody presses the "something got stolen" button? That's sort
>> > of
>> > what happened to Steve Mann. His wearable's auto erase functionality was
>> > disabled due to some issues when he was assaulted:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://m.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/cyborg-steve-mann-details-alleged-mcdonalds-assault-889595
>> >
>> > (Apparently not the first time - he got hit by a car in a hit and run,
>> > and
>> > the car damaged his wearable when it knocked him over...)
>> >
>> > Could also set up some sort of cryptographic system that only specific
>> > people could use to access the video, including automatic posting on the
>> > mailing list that video of a specific timeframe was going to be viewed.
>> > Extract images of the perpetrator, publish those, and destroy the video.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > gopi at iPad
>> >
>> >
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