Help us fight crime! UK to Apple
p2pnet.net news:- British home secretary John Reid will be looking to the likes of Apple and Sony to help him fight crime in the UK.
“Gadgets like mobile phones and MP3 players are highly prized by criminals and crime figures released last week showed the number of street robberies rose 8 percent to 26,600 during the final quarter of last year,” says Reuters.
“We already have a close working relationship with mobile phone manufacturers,” it has a home office spokesman saying. “John Reid is likely to approach Apple and Sony in the coming weeks “to join a “summit to help fight crime in Britain”.
Their, “innovative track record in technological design” qualifies them, says Reuters.
Reid, “wants manufacturers of mobile phones and MP3 players to concentrate as much on anti-crime functions as on other design features,” says PC Pro, quoting him as saying:
“New technology, lifestyle changes, new commodities and new gadgets mean that the criminals continually move on. So when we defeat them on mobile phones, they move on to Sat-Navs and then on to iPods.”
The home office will also be drawing up a list of other manufacturers who will be, “the best companies to include for the summit,” adds the story.
_Also See:
Reuters – Reid to approach Apple and Sony in crime fight, April 29, 2007
PC Pro – Home Secretary to ask Apple, Sony to aid fight against crime, April 30, 2007
