Thursday, September 13, 2007

Mobil phones: curse or blessing?

As everything, mobile phones are also used for good and bad activities too.

Nowadays, when almost everyone has a mobile phone, people are starting to realize how to use it for damaging purpose as well.

The government of Csattiszgarh federal state (India) prohibited the usage of mobile phones in the higher education institutions. The reason is: a student girl had undergone atrocity because of that nude photo which was made in secret.
On the other hand in Malakka (Malaysia) the police operate an informatics center, where everybody can send photos of crime.
At the same time police use overhearing telephone talking in case of catching criminals is a useful and positive procedure. In 2005 the authorities used this method in about 35.000 cases.
Nevertheless, where is the border of usage between positive and negative:

You can read it here too: http://www.infosecuritylab.com/news.php?n_cat=2&n_id=200709141037166

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