A link circulated by CPSR contains a story along similar lines.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14454513.htm
CCTV and radar speed traps can sometimes be used in comparable ways. There
are many analogous similarities.
Ian W
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> 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
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> best nilz
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