while indy develops imobile, citizen journalism turns into citizen snitch
cop watch | 02.06.2007 23:54 | Technology
\"Dutch technology consultancy Waleli has developed MMS-witness, a system which enables citizens to send photographs or movies to a central police database as part of an emergency call. Once viewed, the photographs or video can be sent to beat officers to increase the chances of a successful arrest or kept as evidence in further investigations.\"
While the concept is apparently in its very early stages, a few experiments have been tried with police in Rotterdam and forces in Sweden at being approached. They have not yet approached police forces in the UK, one of the most watched societies in the world with one CCTV camera for every 14 people.
There are apparently 295 million cameraphones in circulation worldwide, so Waleli\'s system could significantly increase the number of \"digital witnesses\".
\"People see a crime committed and are increasingly deterred from intervening in case they become a victim too,\" Hamminga told vnunet.com. \"This will enable them to do something without putting themselves in danger.\"
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Phones can also be used as evidence against the police.
03.06.2007 05:54
So, mobile phones are always at hand to report the unreported, not just to snitch on others.
Doug.
Its still there!
03.06.2007 06:17
Doug