Over 200 of the patrol officers bussed in as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s ramp up to the Republican National Convention will be equipped with wirelessly networked helmet cameras. Each of the helmet cams will broadcast back to a central control room where officials will be able to monitor and compile a bigger picture of what exactly is being seen by the security officers.
The units don’t use Wi-Fi, though, so cracking the system used by the security forces might be a little difficult (if that’s your thing). Instead, the camera uploads via satellite, which then travels back to the central booth via an encrypted internet stream.
Wouldn’t it be great if the public could see those streams, too? Maybe one of the hacker groups will cobble together a free network equivalent.
Read – Helmet cams will eye GOP confab [NYNewsday via LostRemote]
