Somehow I’m not expressing myself clearly. I understand how a laptop is vulnerable, my camera not so much. Other than Camera Connect, what internet or non-personal network connections is my camera using?
The camera can directly connect to a wifi network just like your laptop does. Camera connect is not the only option. At least on the bodies I use
Thanks for hanging in here with me but I’ve taken this way off topic and at this point we’re just going around in circles. Yes, my camera can connect to WiFi just like my laptop but doesn’t have nearly the capabilities nor vulnerabilities that my laptop does. Someone steals my camera, somehow locates the same Starbucks WiFi I used to transfer photos to my iPad. So? I’m aware my camera can connect to things but haven’t been able to come up with one single specific example of how that could have a negative effect on me. Thanks for trying though. Time to get back to the original topic.
This whole thing is the result of a legal ruling in the European Union. They have stated that connected devices should be password-protected. This is happening because, under certain conditions, the camera is considered a connected device, so Canon is trying to comply with that legal requirement.
These days, everything is connected to the internet: thermostats, doorbell cameras, garage door openers, your car, your TV - the list is endless. The individuals behind the law believe that there needs to be a standard of security for all of these connected devices.
That's all it is. Trying to read anything deeper into it's a fool's errand. Cameras got caught up in the mix because they now have radios in them and an RJ-45 connector on the side. Canon has to figure out how to be compliant w/o breaking the camera.
