and outputs the data to the computer 16 through a cable assembly 56 the transceiver properties of device 44 and transceiver 54 in addition allow for programming and other data to flow from pc 16 to device 44 through the wireless infrared connection in all of the above embodiments the devices 10 30 and 42 present a standard interface to the camera 14 and pc 16 from the camera 39 s point of view the communication appears as if a direct connection is made to the pc similarly the pc observes a connection that appears to be directly to the camera this feature of transparency of the devices 10 30 42 allows the apparatus and method of the present invention to apply to any digital camera and any pc that is programmed to receive digital camera data the security is performed inside the device 10 30 42 and has no effect on the camera or pc the computer 16 of fig1 represents a destination to which the camera data is being transferred although a pc is illustrated this destination can be any computerized network system etc capable of receiving the data fig1 also shows a second destination 57 with a data input connection 59 the second destination 57 is shown to illustrate an important alternate embodiment of the method of the present invention wherein a user can hook the output of device 10 30 or 42 to a first destination 16 to download a first set of data for example encrypted authentication data and then to the second destination 57 to download.