Just two thirds of Brits support the roll-out of full-body scanners at UK airports, according to new research by Cheapflights UK. The UK’s leading travel price comparison website polled 1,062 visitors on its blog in March, asking if they would refuse to take part in trials of the scanners. Sixty five per cent of respondents…
Category: Surveillance
UK: West trials of ‘secret’ speed cameras
Britain’s next generation of speed cameras are secretly being trialled in the Westcountry. The new spy cameras combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, enabling them to measure average speeds over long distances. Similar to the speed enforcement cameras used in roadworks, the next generation cameras are cheaper and can be…
Google Street View captures woman 43 times
Wendy Southgate had been taking Trixie for her daily stroll when the Google car was in her neighbourhood of Elmswell, Suffolk, taking pictures for the website. Mrs Southgate’s husband Terry made the discovery when he went to have a look at the family home online. He saw his wife and dog in the picture and…
Web users wise-up to Flash cookies as deletion rate rises, says Scout
Brian Tarran reports: The reliability of Flash cookies as a proxy for measuring unique browsers is being undermined by increasing consumer awareness of the little data files and of how to delete them, according to research by Scout Analytics. The behavioural analytics firm reports a doubling in the deletion rates for Flash cookies – technically…