Invasion of Privacy

I haven't gone to the cinema for a long period of time due to my buzy schedule. Nothing seem to changed much. Always the ever long queue to the ticketing booth,the refreshments counter, and oh yes, the rush of people entering the cinema when the theather is open for admission.

But hold on a minute, something seems to have changed here. They are doing a body/property inspection on patrons?!? This is new. I wonder what are they searching for? Drugs? Outside food? or maybe videorecoders perhaps...

Guess what? They are now requesting patrons who carry state of the art handphones with camera to keep them at the counter! This is discrimination!!! Don't the know that they can't do that or can they? What if anthing happens to the phone or worse yet an emergency call? Who would bear the responsiblity?

Yes, their intention is good, combat cinema piracy but have they done a through thought about the impact? I've read an article about a cinema uses a frequency jammer to disable phones from ringing but was duely removed as they found themselves with a lawsuit.

Everyone heard and know about the 'stolen' video clips that has surfaced on the internet recently and has become headlines. By surrendering your phones, culprits would have a lot of time to go through personal data (assuming security has ben compromised). Your pictures, information, contacts, and data are at risk.