The
Inquirer
Sunday, May 23, 2004US bans
cameraphones in Iraq Puts lid on
revelations By Tony
Dennis BOLTING THE STABLE door after
the horse has bolted, US Defence secretary has
banned the use of cameraphones by US forces in
Iraq. The Business quotes a source inside
the Pentagon as saying that the United States
suspects that a significant number of the digital
photos and videos of prisoner abuse seeping out of
Iraq were taken using cameraphones. This isn't the first time a cameraphone ban has
been instituted. The INQ reported as long as go as
2002 that health clubs were banning usage of such
devices in changing rooms for fear they'd be
misused by paedophiles. See here. Although most cameraphones are configured to
capture video snippets (circa 10 seconds long) so
that they can be sent as multimedia messages (MMS),
such handsets can also be set to video for as long
as there is storage space left. Which, with SD/MMC
cards for cameraphones reaching 128Mb, means hours
rather than minutes. The INQ was amused by the
suggestion by an informant at Hutchison's 3
network, quoted in The Business, that one
reason why it hasn't sold handsets into the
financial and blue chip sectors is fears over
commercial espionage. All of 3's handsets support
video capture -- even the Nokia 7600. What a great
excuse for failing to meet your sales
target! 
Lawyer for one
guard claims picture shows his client taking
orders from others - will generals take the
stand?
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