this definitely falls under "people watching
people"... the consequences of this are probably
enourmous, if yet to be seen... as a surveillance
issue this is highly interesting... and provides
a lot of material for discussion on data
protection, privacy rights, and social sorting...
"Mobile vigilantes snap sex pests in action... "
Observer from 30th April 2006
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1764585,00.html
best nilz
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Dr. Nils Zurawski
Universität Hamburg
Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung
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