Would you photograph an illegally parked car for £10?

[dangerousedd]

id send the photo in for it being parked on double yellow lines, the reason id be more likely to do it is if I was stuck behind it on a narrow one way street with no way to get past which has happened to me before.

[Guest]

Problem is these days is that you can't say "the camera doesn't lie" any more. Some people can photoshop really well.

[Obelix]

And then do phones automatically timestamp photos? Hmm....

 

The app that receives them will do that for you.... it's going to send the picture realtime to the main server which will have an accurate clock.

[Beligerence]

The app that receives them will do that for you.... it's going to send the picture realtime to the main server which will have an accurate clock.

 

You of course assume the photo is taken at the same time the person sends it on the app.

 

Again, sending one photo does not prove time transgressions. You would have to send multiple photos. And even those may have been taken seconds apart but someone sends them in claiming it was 4 hours apart. Its a system full of holes.

[geared]

The app that receives them will do that for you.... it's going to send the picture realtime to the main server which will have an accurate clock.

 

The app would have to take and send the picture all in one, if it let you upload a picture then you can use photoshop or something to manipulate the image.

[dangerousedd]

Problem is these days is that you can't say "the camera doesn't lie" any more. Some people can photoshop really well.

 

 

it depends if it was a secure app that took control of the camera on the phone and sent the image directly to the relevant remote server it may be ok.

[Beligerence]

The app would have to take and send the picture all in one, if it let you upload a picture then you can use photoshop or something to manipulate the image.

 

Also what is stopping people just wandering around taking photos? Surely there has to be some way the app verifies where the car is parked?

 

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it depends if it was a secure app that took control of the camera on the phone and sent the image directly to the relevant remote server it may be ok.

 

And that wouldnt prove time transgression. Unless you have to purchase a ticket to park and the picture includes an image of the ticket. Car parks where you get X hours without buying a ticket would be impossible to prove unless you send at least 2 photos through the app hours apart, even then how do you prove the car is parked in breach?

[dangerousedd]

they could use the gps data from the camera, im really only interested in cars blocking roads not ones in private car parks.

[Beligerence]

they could use the gps data from the camera, im really only interested in cars blocking roads not ones in private car parks.

 

Not everyone has the location on their phone switched on.

 

The point is that the system is full of holes.

[Obelix]

You of course assume the photo is taken at the same time the person sends it on the app.

 

Again, sending one photo does not prove time transgressions. You would have to send multiple photos. And even those may have been taken seconds apart but someone sends them in claiming it was 4 hours apart. Its a system full of holes.

 

The app will take the picture, time and date stamp it probably with GPS stamping as well and send it. You wont get to manipulate or game the system with timings.

 

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Not everyone has the location on their phone switched on.

 

The point is that the system is full of holes.

 

Then the system wont let you send the picture and claim your money I suspect.

 

I've yet to see a hole that you claim materialise though...