Re: watch the lives of others, get cash prizes!

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:33:18 EDT, Alex Eckelberry said:

> Registered surfers will compete for up to £1,000 a month, collecting points
> by watching a selection of anonymous cameras and clicking a button whenever
> they see something suspicious. The click will send an SMS and a still image to
> the camera operator, who decides whether to do anything about it. (You can lose
> points for sending a false alarm.) Says Morgan, who insists this is "not a game
> - these are not prizes, they're rewards for spotting crime", Internet Eyes
> "could turn out to be the best crime-prevention weapon there's ever been".
> What's not to love?

Trolls hell.  If you're planning a bank heist, buy some time on a botnet to
false-click on several tens of thousands of innocent cameras that have *something*
going on (it doesn't take much image recognition to tell the difference
between "the alley is empty" and "the alley has something moving).

Consider it a variant on the guy who posted on Craigslist for dozens of people
dressed the same to cover up a real bank heist...

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