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So has anybody written an app for streaming video directly into cloud storage?

by rdiddly 10y ago

jamra 10y ago
I believe there was an app called Quic that shut down, but I heard that Facebook has some sort of live feature for streaming video.
- nailer 10y ago
  FB live, Instagram live, YouTube live (though YouTube limit it to only certain users because they've timid). Everyone does this now.
  - scott_karana 10y ago
    All of those sites are easily bullied with subpoenas, DMCA takedowns, etc. A gag order preventing the public from seeing your evidence would really hurt your case. :(
    - jamra 10y ago
      If your facebook friends downloaded and reshared the video, it may be the only defense.
beart 10y ago
The ACLU has some app listings https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
coldpie 10y ago
The ACLU maintains a list of such applications: https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
- pklausler 10y ago
  I have my state's version of the "Mobile Justice" app, but I worry that it doesn't really stream into the cloud in real time, so a badged thug could erase the evidence by destroying the phone before it got a chance to upload after the recording was complete. We'll need a true streaming upload app once the pigs figure this out.
  - rdiddly 10y ago
    Nagging question - why would this need to be state-specific?
kcmarshall 10y ago
The ACLU has apps that will send video to their servers/cloud. It doesn't appear that the video is streamed or uploaded until the users stops recording. https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
yourapostasy 10y ago
There are tons of such apps [1] for a phone (which I assume you are asking about, not much use streaming from a laptop). However, the part I'm not having success with is finding an app that hooks into the voice recognition, and starts within a second of getting the command to launch, because both Android and iOS currently do not provide a way to certify and enable apps that can be launched from the lock screen without first unlocking. The phone OS would provide specific services to keep such an app ready to launch at any moment, so it doesn't even need to be loaded from flash storage, and give it the ability to let the user set overrides on normal preferences like WiFi/cell signal to enable location services as soon as it starts, etc. Elsewhere on the technology fronts, we need lower energy consumption for selectable lower-quality video and audio, to enable constant audio recording, and video when the phone detects the camera is out of a pocket/purse. Then the "...but you don't know what happened in the seconds leading up to the start of the video..." defense falls apart as non-HD-but-acceptable-quality-for-admissible-evidence becomes a matter of course. Some automatic rotation to save space, hook up to social media like Twitter to detect geographical hotspots of controversy to, or other measures to try to stymie gaming the rotation. In the US specifically, but also elsewhere where it applies, we also need legislative overrides on two-party consent recording rules: any official, in any capacity, unless explicitly named in a national security letter or similar, receiving or benefiting from any public funding, is subject to one-party consent recording rules. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=live+stream+video+to+cloud&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=live+stream+video+to+cloud+from+phone https://www.google.com/search?q=live+stream+video+to+cloud&i...
JustSomeNobody 10y ago
Youtube?

So has anybody written an app for streaming video directly into cloud storage?

by rdiddly 10y ago

So has anybody written an app for streaming video directly into cloud storage?

jamra 10y ago

I believe there was an app called Quic that shut down, but I heard that Facebook has some sort of live feature for streaming video.

nailer 10y ago
FB live, Instagram live, YouTube live (though YouTube limit it to only certain users because they've timid). Everyone does this now.
- scott_karana 10y ago
  All of those sites are easily bullied with subpoenas, DMCA takedowns, etc. A gag order preventing the public from seeing your evidence would really hurt your case. :(
  - jamra 10y ago
    If your facebook friends downloaded and reshared the video, it may be the only defense.

beart 10y ago

The ACLU has some app listings https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct

coldpie 10y ago

The ACLU maintains a list of such applications: https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct

pklausler 10y ago
I have my state's version of the "Mobile Justice" app, but I worry that it doesn't really stream into the cloud in real time, so a badged thug could erase the evidence by destroying the phone before it got a chance to upload after the recording was complete. We'll need a true streaming upload app once the pigs figure this out.
- rdiddly 10y ago
  Nagging question - why would this need to be state-specific?

kcmarshall 10y ago

The ACLU has apps that will send video to their servers/cloud. It doesn't appear that the video is streamed or uploaded until the users stops recording. https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct https://www.aclu.org/feature/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct

yourapostasy 10y ago

There are tons of such apps [1] for a phone (which I assume you are asking about, not much use streaming from a laptop). However, the part I'm not having success with is finding an app that hooks into the voice recognition, and starts within a second of getting the command to launch, because both Android and iOS currently do not provide a way to certify and enable apps that can be launched from the lock screen without first unlocking. The phone OS would provide specific services to keep such an app ready to launch at any moment, so it doesn't even need to be loaded from flash storage, and give it the ability to let the user set overrides on normal preferences like WiFi/cell signal to enable location services as soon as it starts, etc. Elsewhere on the technology fronts, we need lower energy consumption for selectable lower-quality video and audio, to enable constant audio recording, and video when the phone detects the camera is out of a pocket/purse. Then the "...but you don't know what happened in the seconds leading up to the start of the video..." defense falls apart as non-HD-but-acceptable-quality-for-admissible-evidence becomes a matter of course. Some automatic rotation to save space, hook up to social media like Twitter to detect geographical hotspots of controversy to, or other measures to try to stymie gaming the rotation. In the US specifically, but also elsewhere where it applies, we also need legislative overrides on two-party consent recording rules: any official, in any capacity, unless explicitly named in a national security letter or similar, receiving or benefiting from any public funding, is subject to one-party consent recording rules. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=live+stream+video+to+cloud&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=live+stream+video+to+cloud+from+phone https://www.google.com/search?q=live+stream+video+to+cloud&i...

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

Youtube?