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[ PRIVACY Forum ] In Europe, smartphones beat speed cameras
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In Europe, smartphones beat speed cameras
http://j.mp/SwGbsI (New York Times)
"Most of these companies rely on their users to scout and report the
locations of speed cameras, which are then forwarded to others using
the same application. Drivers passing the same points are asked to
confirm or amend the sightings. Across Europe, at least 25,000 speed
cameras are in use, said Arpad Nemeth, the owner of Poiplaza, a firm
in Budapest that manages a database of 4.7 million points of interest
logged by their precise geographic coordinates. Mr. Nemeth, a retired
television news editor, said the locations of mobile and fixed speed
cameras in his database had been compiled by the 80,000 people who had
downloaded and used his free application."
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