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''Internet Eyes:" Community Surveillance - Shift

VideoassistentenApril 16, 2012

The site ''Internet Eyes'' is an online solution to camera surveillance systems in the UK. Registered subscribers can tune into live camera images in stores and shops and go on the hunt for shoplifters.

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The website ''Internet Eyes'' lives from its users: registered subscribers around the European Union pay 2.40 euros a month to log on at home and watch video from surveillance cameras in supermarkets and small shops across the UK. If they catch a crime in action, they click on an alert button and send an instant text message to the shopowner. If they're right, they win points and money as a reward. The most successful subscribers earn about 300 euros a month. Critics like the organizations ''No-CCTV,'' ''Liberty'' and ''Big Brother Watch'' say Internet Eyes sets a dangerous precedent by allowing private citizens to spy on each other - something that could result in a police state.