National Security
A couple security-related stories today pertaining to online video technology.
One is the hearing over the national security threat posed by P2P networks that took place yesterday and the danger of “inadvertent filesharing.” P2P software can lead people to unknowingly share files they should not, and as a result internal government and fortune 500 company documents are getting out.
ZDNet’s George Ou nails the real problem:
Why are Federal Government IT departments allowing Federal employees to install Lime Wire or any other piece of software on Government computers? The mere fact that Government Employees have administrative access to install software on their computers let alone computers with access to sensitive information is absurd.
Video of the hearing as well as an article titled Why File Sharing Networks are Dangerous can be found on the committee website.
The other story, the investment by In-Q-Tel the CIA’s venture arm in image enhancement company Motion DSP. I’ve always been impressed by companies that can do this, but frankly I had higher expectations of what is possible. The MySpace videos below are provided by the company as a side-by-side comparison of video enhanced with their technology.
Mariachi Band (Unenhanced)
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Mariachi Band (Enhanced by MotionDSP)
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