Watching intruders on your cellphone

According to, The New Zealand Herald, the security industry is using mobile text and picture messaging technology to combat break-ins and vandalism.

A company called Obertech Security, has begun equipping its customers with cameras that are capable of transmitting images to MMS capable mobile phones, enabling clients to identify at a distance, a person entering a premise.

In a related post on textually.org, cf Security Monitoring, Surelabs Alertwizard is another company which offers a security service that sends text messages, photo and video alerts from a monitored area, if someone should break in or just ring the doorbell.

emily | 10:51 AM | Business Applications |
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