Smile! I’m calling police: Spread of camera phones helping to catch crooks
Documenting your life has never been easier. Cell phones with cameras are now the tool of crime fighters everywhere…
Cell phones that can take pictures are becoming a more common way for victims and other witnesses to help police capture criminals. Because the phones are so portable and always on, it takes only a moment to photograph the face or license plate of someone in the act of a crime. …
On the other hand, camera phones have gotten a bad rap because of reports they’ve been used in locker rooms and strip clubs to capture nude images that get posted on the Internet, said Alan Reiter, who runs the Web log cameraphonereport.com, which gathers information about wireless photography.
Their real impact will be in the future, when millions of phone users will be able to document any event at any time.
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