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RE: Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShareWeb site?
From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:11:04 -0500
Her attorney blasted a press release about it yesterday. I got one. It didn't say "compression," just "damage." If it's true it should be demonstrable. Surely some users saved their original versions and can compare them to the versions stored by Kodak. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:38 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShareWeb site? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114366668990511484.html?mod=todays_us_market place Lawsuit Is Filed Against Kodak By DAVID ARMSTRONG March 30, 2006; Page B3 A former Eastman Kodak Co. manager says that the company altered millions of photographs stored by customers on the popular EasyShare Gallery Web site and that she was fired after threatening to bring her concerns about the plan to top management. In a lawsuit filed in California superior court in Oakland, Maya Raber, the former director of engineering for EasyShare Gallery, said that Kodak planned to secretly compress the digital-photograph images stored by customers of the Web site, a process she says can irreversibly damage the images. The suit alleges that she and other employees warned of the potential damage the compression could cause, but higher-ups pushed the plan along. Kodak, in a statement, said it would not comment on why Ms. Raber left the company in August because it was a personnel matter. Kodak said Ms. Raber's allegations about its photo service "are completely false." "We have not compressed images that are stored in the Gallery without our customers' knowledge," the statement said. "We feel that Kodak has acted in a manner that is consistent with our corporate policies and ethics, and we will vigorously defend ourselves against all claims to the contrary." ... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShare Web site? Richard M. Smith (Mar 30)
- RE: Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShareWeb site? Larry Seltzer (Mar 30)
- Re: Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShareWeb site? TheGesus (Mar 30)
- Re: Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShare Web site? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 30)
- RE: Kodak's secret plan to compress photos at its EasyShareWeb site? Larry Seltzer (Mar 30)