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Last week a friend of mine was telling me that camera phones are increasingly becoming an invasion of privacy. He saw a couple of quasi-perverted teenagers in a cricket stadium, clicking images of a girl without her knowledge. If a crazy research was done, millions of similar events could be happening all over the world. And the digital curse is anything on the mobile can be transferred to the world wide web and can be made accessible to anybody around the world. And it’s happening. A month ago, I got a forward in my mail box which happened to be close-up cleavage shots of some girl who was shot from her behind without her knowledge. These camera cell phones have now become personal spy gadgets that is not just limited to the James bonds of the world. Did you know that Samsung which blatantly advertises camera phones has banned camera phones in their own industrial units. Which means, they are bothered about their own privacy, not ours. One may ask “how can they reveal their manufacturing process to others?” Which is precisely the point. How can you let others reveal your mother, sister, brother, friend etc on the net. And believe me, it can happen.

Now can this petite blog stop this privacy invasion. No. It definitely can’t. Only technology can overwhelm technology. Cell phone jammers have already come into place. In public areas in many countries. These jammers can technically screw your pricey cell phones forever. But I am here to inform you that the number of perverted paparazzi gang has phenomenally augmented. They are not just the professional photographers. They could be your neighbour, colleague, so-called-friend or anybody for that matter. So the next time you get a forward, be careful. Your mother, sister or brother could be in it. Look around. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.

Sajan