IEEE Spectrum: Sensor Nation, UK Style

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IEEE Spectrum: Sensor Nation, UK Style

An organization referring to themselves as Internet Eyes has proposed a plan in which ordinary citizens monitor random video feeds from the more than 4.2 million closed-circuit cameras monitoring London and sound an alarm when they notice something that requires police intervention. The owner of the camera then rates the result of the alert and at the end of each month the alert with the highest scoring will receive 1000 pounds. In the case of ties, the money would be distributed among the winners. Viewers would be able to register for free but, to prevent abuse, can only trigger 3 alerts for free, after which they have to pay for additional alerts.