Flora Getting Screwed

12:42 22 December 2009 by

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Law enforcement officials in Texas have installed a network of CCTV cameras to monitor key areas along that state's 1900-kilometre-long border with Mexico. To help screen the footage, a website lets anyone log in to watch a live feed from a border camera

and report suspicious activity. A similar system called

Internet Eyes , which pays online viewers to spot shoplifters from in-store camera feeds, is set to launch in the UK in 2010. An Iranian website is offering rewards

for identifying people in photos taken during protests

over June's elections
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