Camera Phone Reviews

CNET has an article about a new technology developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology that takes aim digital phone shots taken secretly. The technology can detect a digital camera up to 33 feet away, and zaps a targeted light beams at the offending lens. Yes, this includes camera phones, or perhaps it’s more accurate to say, this technology has been sought specifically because of camera phones:

"The technology is a stab at ameliorating the privacy problems that have arisen with the advent, quick ubiquity and tiny dimensions of digital cameras. Nearly 85 percent of cell phones in Japan come with built-in digital cameras, and the figure for North America and Western Europe is supposed to rise to 80 percent by the end of next year, according to market researcher Gartner.”

Via Gizmodo.