Camera phones, the 'next big thing' for paedophiles?

Mobile camera phones have sparked such privacy fears in Britain and other countries that bans on their use at swimming pools, fitness centres and night clubs have been enforced. In Italy, the country's Data Protection Commission has published strict rules governing the use of picture messaging and video cell phones.

But what British officials really fear, is that camera phones could be the 'next big thing' for paedophiles

"This technology is the next big thing for paedophiles, and it's only a matter of time before it's abused on a massive scale," Ray Wyre, a British child sex offences expert, told The Observer earlier this year, according to an article in Canada.com

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