This from today's NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/technology/circuits/11shoo.html?ex=1072145307&ei=1&en=f86ced332bbc754f

(may be cut, if so paste together...)


> Hold It Right There, and Drop That Camera
> 
> December 11, 2003
>  By JO NAPOLITANO 
> 
> 
> CHICAGO 
> 
> WHAT grabbed my attention," said Alderman Edward M. Burke,
> "was that TV commercial when the guy is eating the pasta
> like a slob, and the girl sends a photo of him acting like
> a slob to the fianc�e." 
> 
> The commercial, for Sprint PCS, was meant to convey the
> spontaneity and reach afforded by the wireless world's
> latest craze, the camera phone. But what Mr. Burke saw was
> the peril. 
> 
> "If I'm in a locker room changing clothes," he said, "there
> shouldn't be some pervert taking photos of me that could
> wind up on the Internet." 
> 
> Accordingly, as early as Dec. 17, the Chicago City Council
> is to vote on a proposal by Mr. Burke to ban the use of
> camera phones in public bathrooms, locker rooms and
> showers. 
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