Internet Eyes is a U.K. startup designed to crowdsource digital surveillance. People pay a small fee to become a Viewer to view live anonymous feeds from surveillance cameras at retail stores. Viewers get rated on their ability to differentiate real shoplifting from false alarms, can win 1000 pounds if they detect the most shoplifting in some time interval, and otherwise get paid a wage that most likely won t cover their initial fee. Privacy groups like Privacy International oppose the system for fostering a culture of citizen spies.
Source: https://threatpost.com/difficulty-surveillance-crowdsourcing-110810/74648/