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Use of In-Phone Cameras Prompts Bans By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer CHICAGO - Tiny cameras used to be the stuff of spy novels. Now they're everywhere, built into cell phones, digital organizers and other devices. A little too everywhere. The proliferation of Internet sites filled with pictures shot surreptitiously in public bathrooms, locker rooms and other places has prompted some schools to ban the phones (the most common devices with cameras). And lawmakers in such states as Iowa and Colorado are considering their own measures to protect against what you might call the candid camphone. "It's part of the...

As the man in front of him at the grocery store last week began yelling at a cashier who could not process his American Express card, Gary Dann flipped open his palm-sized camera phone and pressed a few buttons, pretending to look up a number. Moments later, as the man paid in cash, his snarling picture appeared on Dann's Web site (www.fotolog.net/garydann), complete with a less than flattering caption. The rapidly growing audience of Internet phonecam voyeurs responded quickly to the image: "Did he make a big fuss?" asked one. "I hate watching that." Wielding James Bond technology that can...

<p>CLIFTON -- A 15-year-old boy foiled an apparent abduction attempt when he pulled out his cellphone camera and snapped photos of a man trying to lure him into a car, police said. The teen also photographed the vehicle's license plate and gave the evidence to police, who arrested a suspect the next day.</p>

Posted on Sat, Aug. 02, 2003 Cell-phone camera helps catch suspect in luring caseA 15-year-old used the new technology to take pictures of a man who tried to kidnap him and the car's license plate.Associated Press CLIFTON, N.J. - A 15-year-old boy foiled a kidnapping attempt when he pulled out his cell-phone camera and snapped photos of the man trying to lure him into a car, as well as the vehicle's license plate, police said.The teen gave the evidence to police, who arrested a suspect the next day."It's surprising the kid had the presence of mind to use the...

<p>A 15-year-old boy foiled an apparent abduction attempt when he pulled out his cell phone camera and snapped photos of a man trying to lure him into a car, police said.</p> <p>The teen also photographed the vehicle's license plate and gave the evidence to police, who arrested a suspect the next day.</p>