Not in the slightest bit techie, but in the UK we’ve been on reasonably high alert for the last few years against the threat of terrorism.

Recently the Metropolitan Police in London have released a series of posters; one of them alerts us to the dangers of “odd” people taking photos – http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/magazine_enl_1208430127/img/1.jpg

It’s an idea with some merit, although it has had an unfortunate side effect – keen amateur photographers are being relieved of their cameras by well meaning police, park wardens and security guards who spot them taking photos. Whilst taking photos of government buildings is possibly not to be recommended at the present time, taking pictures of people in a park is a different matter entirely! Thankfully neither are actually illegal at the moment, but who knows what our wonderful government might do in the future….

More here – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7351252.stm