SanDisk WORM SD Cards Set to Move Forensic Evidence Into the Future
As with many aspects of Japanese society and life, Japan's police force has just taken a step ahead of the rest of the world. It will come as little surprise, too, that it is in the field of technology.
SanDisk has just announced that Japanese law enforcement has placed a bulk order for their WORM SD Cards, for use in forensic evidence recording and storage. What's so special about these SD cards, you might be wondering?
WORM is actually an acronym that stands for "Write Once, Read Many." The name is meant to describe the tamper-proof nature of the SD cards. Using special technology, the cards automatically lock data that has been written to them immediately after capture, so that it cannot be overwritten, deleted, or tampered with in any way.
Of course, the cards can still be read (for up to 100 years, according to SanDisk's boasts), which is much longer than what is currently used to store evidence. Photographic evidence is still predominantly recorded on 35 mm film, which holds nowhere near the fidelity of digital media like SD cards.
Check out the explanatory video in the source link below. It's pretty quiet, so you may want to put this on in the background while you watch.
Source: Engadget
