Picturephoning.com posted a very interesting article about how camera phones are being used by security personnel as well as, possibly, criminals. The article is from The Edmonton Journal and it requires a subscription, but picturephoning.com published some highlights.
The article reports that security experts say camera phones "will be one of the most important cellphone features in the arsenal of covert operators for years to come. Again, the ability to look innocent while concealing covert activity is key."
CSIS agents (Candian Security Intelligence Service) use camera phones to snap photos of suspects when they're on a plane and transmit the photos to customs agents at the airport, the article says.
Good and bad
A former CSIS agent is quoted as saying that a criminal "can have someone waiting at the airport take a picture of a target who's just stepped off a plane, and send it to his buddy who's at a hotel. So he's now got the exact picture of the way the mark is dressed and just has to wait for the guy to arrive to make the hit."
As with any technology, the good guys as well as the bad guys can take advantage of it.
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