Tama Leaver on Ponderance about a story ran in Boing Boing —– ” If this becomes a trend and a cameraphone-enabled trial-by-Flickr gains a odd sort of credibility, the potential to abuse such a system is virtually limitless”
“Alleged subway wanker caught on cameraphone, Flickr” which tells how a young woman, Thao Nguyen, was allegedly flashed by a guy who completely exposed himself to her and masturbated on the NY subway; in response, she took his photo with her cameraphone, apparently putting him off enough to leave the train. She took the photo to the police, looked through some existing mug-shots, couldn’t immediately identify the man, and then posted the photo to her Flickr account.
Since then, her Flickr photo has been viewed over 89,000 times, the story has appeared in 1010Wins and, more importantly, in the New York Daily News
[via BoingBoing]
