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Real-LIfe Distributed-Snooping Web Game To Launch In Britain

Posted by timothy on from the no-room-for-abuse-there dept.

corerunner writes "A new internet game is about to be launched which allows 'super snooper' players to plug into the nation's CCTV cameras and report on members of the public committing crimes. The 'Internet Eyes' service involves players scouring thousands of CCTV cameras installed in shops, businesses and town centres across Britain looking for law-breakers. Players who help catch the most criminals each month will win cash prizes up to £1,000."

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  1. Re:Wait a sec... by aicrules · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The chinese one failed because they all look alike. Just kidding, I have many chinese friends who all look different than each other. Just an easy faux racist joke.

  2. Re:So we can't afford Patrolling Police Officers.. by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You probably just mentioned the ones that you particularly dislike or feel are discriminated against/harassed (I could show you a lot of Christians/capitalists/conservatives/heterosexuals/moralists that are, though....), but it's an interesting bias? :)

    Boohoo, poor little privileged majority members, life is so hard for them.

    Buck up you whiner - discrimination is a fact of life, it will never go away because people are inherently tribal.
    That it gets spread around a little more equally is the best realistic outcome.

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    When information is power, privacy is freedom.