UK crowdsourcing crime prevention via CCTV 'web game'
Fancy yourself a crimefighter? Then this might be for you:
“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.”
This has got to be either the coolest idea in crime prevention I have ever heard of, or the scariest breach of privacy rights yet. I’m still undecided on the subject.
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