Peering webcams bring need for responsibility

[KiwiCoromandel]

Peering webcams bring need for responsibility

11.02.05

It's always interesting when technology hits the mainstream and leaves a wave of paranoia and unease in its wake. Last week it was a webcam positioned in a spot above Mt Maunganui beach.

The Mount Wave Cam camera was labelled a "perverts' playground" where sunbathers could be watched. The internet company providing the service, Enternet Online, was targeted with a death threat.

Mount Wave Cam is still operating and you're likely to see good-quality pictures of surfers heading for the water or sunbathers lounging on the sand.

The issue was blown out of all proportion. After all, if you're out in public you have to assume the world is watching you and act and dress accordingly. And what's to stop a voyeur sitting well back from any beach in the country with a high-powered camera lens?........

Read more...........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10010529

Edited February 10, 2005 by kiwibank

[rainbowdemon]

No link?

[KiwiCoromandel]

No link?

yep..the link`s there

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10010529

[rainbowdemon]

I meant no link to the beach cam!!

;)

[KiwiCoromandel]

here you are.....for some reason it doesn`t seem to be working today..... :rolleyes: <_>

http://www.citynews.co.nz/webcams/mtbeach/

check this out....the link below fills in a little more very interesting backround on the issue.......

http://www.xtra.co.nz/broadband/0,,10979-4071640-300,00.html

Edited February 10, 2005 by kiwibank

[Redneck4sure]

I meant no link to the beach cam!!

;)

Thanks for clearing that up for Kiwi.

[method77]

I meant no link to the beach cam!!

;)

Thanks for clearing that up for Kiwi.

[KiwiCoromandel]

the case of the missing link eh? :bigsmile:

[Redneck4sure]

the case of the missing link eh? :bigsmile:

A man has priorities. Read the story.......or.......view the beach via web cam.

Really!! :D

[KiwiCoromandel]

the beach that they`re talking about is about 20 minutes drive from where i live.... :) :)

[Redneck4sure]

the beach that they`re talking about is about 20 minutes drive from where i live.... :) :)

I'd be a beach bum instead of net surfer. :)

I wonder how fast my Glock would rust?