Internet Tough Spies
Really? Internet Eyes? This website is ridiculous and another way in which to make money. Not only do they charge their clients CCTV to be monitor but they actually charge a monthly, quarterly, or yearly subscription for their “Internet Spies Eyes” According to the website a member has to pay:
• Annual ￡12.99 discounted saving of 45.6%
• Quarterly ￡4.99 discounted saving of 16.4%
• Monthly ￡1.99 standard
￡1.99 a month …..￡4.99 Quarterly ....a year. Ridiculous. Also if you thought you all in America will partake in this voyeurism viewing you are mistaken. Currently only those countries in the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to watch strangers in grocery stores and other places. When I first read this article, my immediate impression was Big Brother and Im not talking about the show. This is a clear violation of privacy rights. However, I suppose if these people choose to venture out……………….into public their asking to be watched. Oh well I mean can we as a world public do anything about it. In many American cities we have already implemented “Red Light Cams” to capture red light runners and send them a ticket and a picture of their license plate. A similar instance happened to me on the Jersey Turnpike in 2005. While driving south from New York City at 4am I came upon a Jersey Turnpike toll booth that was unmanned and or unstaffed. I reversed (I know Illegal) and went through the open lane. About three months later at a forward foreign addressed I received a $26 ticket and a picture. Oh well what was I supposed to do? No one was around to take a payment and waiting there for another 20 minutes was not happening. There is some good things about internet webcams. Take for instance EarthCam.com where you can watch scenery from across the globe. This is okay.
Also there has been a Information Commissioner’s Office “ICO” complaint and lawsuit
“No CCTV along with Privacy International issued a joint complaint [5] to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) last year as we believe that as well as being a ludicrous gimmick the game breaches the Data Protection Act. We laid out in detail the ways in which Internet Eyes breaches the Act but the ICO refused to block the launch of Internet Eyes and in fact bent over backwards to help the private company squeeze it’s game into the existing legal framework.”
Hopefully this lawsuit goes through and we as world citizens are again free from living a life where a weirdo sitting in his living room, in his underwear, playing World of World (WOW) eating ramen noodles is not watching people who are out doing real world things.
Justin
References:
Internet Eyes
http://interneteyes.co.uk/community/index.html
Anthony Miyazaki
http://e-marketingforsensiblefolk.blogspot.com/
Disi Info
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/10/internet-eyes-citizen-spy-game-the-new-stasi/
Wow, I did not realize that you have to pay in order to become a "watcher." That to me makes this even more of a gimmick. The firm makes most of the money and since most customers do not shoplift I doubt users can make much if any money using this website. That is interesting that there is a lawsuit against the site. They makes users agree to not illegally distribute material because of the Data Protection Act yet I felt like just because you check a box before signing up does not mean you won't try and be sneaky. Especially since the internet is so unregulated. The "Red Light Cams" is a good example of surveillance deterring crime but at the same time I don't feel it's comparable to this site because in this site anyone can spy on people in public whereas those cameras only take photographs after a car has passed illegally and there is not a random internet user on the other end. Also, when in your car your identity is not given away as easily.
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