Nikon's WiFi-equipped
Coolpix P1 introduced last year seemed to be a step in the right direction. Decent enough as a camera, the P1's big selling point was its WiFi transfer capability -- anything that lets us pull one more cable from our desk immediately gets our attention. And while we were
hoping for some hacks to
expand the functionality a bit, this isn't exactly what we had in mind. According to Informit, in addition to sending your vacation pics flying through the air, the P1 can also open up your PC to a
whole range of attacks, including DoS attacks and infected JPGs and executables, not to mention allowing others to
potentially intercept your photos. The bad news, if that wasn't bad enough, is that there apparently isn't any easy fix outside just not installing Nikon's WiFi software on your PC -- thus killing the camera's only wireless functionality. So, unless you can somehow scope out everyone with nefarious intent within WiFi range, you might wanna go back to that trusty SD card reader until further notice.
posted Aug 4th 2006 6:53PM
engadget:
"in addition to sending your vacation pics flying through the air... ...not to mention allowing others to potentially intercept your photos"
That opens new horizons for the neighborhood relations... :)
It's interesting that you would post this kind of information without any further information about "what to do about the problem". You have links to all kinds of weird, historical blog entries, but none of them address "what to do".
To be fair, you do suggest to go back to "the card reader".
Where did you find this information? Where did you find an analysis of the risk? Of the potential solutions? Is there any further information that you used as background for your post?
I've got a Nikon S6 with what I imagine is similar problems, and was considering buying the wireless option for my D200 as well.
Steve
"Posted at 7:36PM on Aug 4th 2006 by Steve"
dear steve,
try clicking the "Read" link.
sincerely,
people who have used the internet before.
BURN!!
@x23 : Funniest thing I've read in days.
Ha ha! What's next? Will hackers be able to take advantage of wireless mice/keyboards? :-)
@ Rico
Hackers can already keylog unsecured wireless keyboards...So...
I have the camera, love it, but I've never used the WiFi part of it because it burns through the battery life, and transfers images much slower than an SD card reader. It's a cool idea in concept, but in execution, it's pretty pointless.
@ DM
D'oh!
Amazing camera, if you need any further assistance and info on this camera I suggest you check out this forum for Nikon Owners:
http://allnikon.proboards86.com