March 20, 2004
Little Brother is watching
via cnn
Several interesting accounts of mobile cameras used to document crimes, and some brief discussion of the flip side.
When Lisa Johnson saw a man exposing himself to her in a parking lot, she reached for her cell phone -- not to call 911, but to snap a picture.Posted by brad at March 20, 2004 01:04 PM"I guess I was just quick on my toes," said Johnson. "I had my hand in my pocket, and rather than hit him and break my phone, I remembered there was a camera."
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Some officers say picture phones will increasingly help them do their jobs, but they wonder if victims will remember to take snapshots in the heat of the moment."I think it will become a reflex -- it is for me," said Emily Turrettini, editor for the site picturephoning.com. "People will get used to that."
