[FYI] Pervert panic prompts pic phone bathing ban

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/64/29649.html

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Pervert panic prompts pic phone bathing ban  

By John Leyden  

Posted: 07/03/2003 at 15:51 GMT  

Fears that picture phones could be used by perverts to take pictures 
of half-dressed youngsters have prompted UK councils to ban the use 
of the technology at swimming baths and other public sports 
facilities.  

Although there's no firm evidence that paedophiles have latched onto 
picture messaging phones (or come to that any evidence), council 
sports chiefs are still wary of the possibility. Councils throughout 
the country are therefore updating existing policies to tackle the 
issue, before it becomes a problem.  

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