I don't know if this does occur outside common problems with lost files, but presumably it could be done covertly by a powerful central authority such as the Chinese government. It sounds technically feasible.
There would be ways around it, of course, if it happened here. Uploading live to somewhere so footage was gone before the authorities searched for it. And using simple cameras - presumably anything a mobile can do, you can get a camera to do if you are savvy about chips, etc.
But overall, having a vaguely right-wing libertarian type like Musk on the world stage is somehow reassuring, isn't it? I've no idea how he'll turn out, but it's possible there will be statues of him in city squares...
As Chinese citizens pretty much have to download & install government mandated software in order to take part in everyday life, I'd say it's absolutely possible! As Sam says, why not use simple cameras rather than compromised so-called "phones" in such difficult circumstances?
Sam - if it does go on, then my guess is that they delete the online version then track back to the phone and delete it there if it still exists. A cheap camera would prevent that, but it then becomes more difficult to disseminate widely. But yes, Musk is somehow reassuring, because it may not take much to turn things around, at least to some degree.
Dave - I'm sure you are right, such software could be on all Chinese phones already.
The world should learn from my recently deceased mother. HMRC ask for proof of stuff from the time my father died, 25 years ago... It is still there at the back of the cupboard. However there are also a few tons of carbon paper copies of letters to various financial institutions that are barely legible despite having been stored in dark locations without being disturbed since the 1990s. There is more to being a successful archivist than simply putting things in a drawer and forgetting about them
Graeme - that sounds completely over the top by HMRC. We take ten years as the cut-off point. I once attended an interesting talk given by an archivist from one of the big pharmaceutical companies on the problems of electronic archiving for 50 years. Basically, a problem of which format to choose and how to check for degradation and ensure readability over such a long time.
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There would be ways around it, of course, if it happened here. Uploading live to somewhere so footage was gone before the authorities searched for it. And using simple cameras - presumably anything a mobile can do, you can get a camera to do if you are savvy about chips, etc.
But overall, having a vaguely right-wing libertarian type like Musk on the world stage is somehow reassuring, isn't it? I've no idea how he'll turn out, but it's possible there will be statues of him in city squares...
As Chinese citizens pretty much have to download & install government mandated software in order to take part in everyday life, I'd say it's absolutely possible! As Sam says, why not use simple cameras rather than compromised so-called "phones" in such difficult circumstances?
Sam - if it does go on, then my guess is that they delete the online version then track back to the phone and delete it there if it still exists. A cheap camera would prevent that, but it then becomes more difficult to disseminate widely. But yes, Musk is somehow reassuring, because it may not take much to turn things around, at least to some degree.
Dave - I'm sure you are right, such software could be on all Chinese phones already.
The world should learn from my recently deceased mother. HMRC ask for proof of stuff from the time my father died, 25 years ago... It is still there at the back of the cupboard. However there are also a few tons of carbon paper copies of letters to various financial institutions that are barely legible despite having been stored in dark locations without being disturbed since the 1990s. There is more to being a successful archivist than simply putting things in a drawer and forgetting about them
Graeme - that sounds completely over the top by HMRC. We take ten years as the cut-off point.
I once attended an interesting talk given by an archivist from one of the big pharmaceutical companies on the problems of electronic archiving for 50 years. Basically, a problem of which format to choose and how to check for degradation and ensure readability over such a long time.
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