I Heard That! Shutter Sounds To Protect The Kids.
I can't wait for the day when all camera phones are required to have shutter sounds so that I know when some dude at the bar is snapping a pic of my junk in the bathroom. Cause I could totally hear that sound in the bathroom. And I can totally see him pointing his phone at my member. With the help of Rep. Peter King of NY, that day can be realized by the passing of his new law requiring just that: shutter sounds on all new camera phones.
Ostensibly, this bill is designed to "protect the children," because we all know that the children are in dire need of protection. At all times. From EVERYTHING!!! Personally, I haven't even heard of a case of an adult snapping pictures of little chil'rens in the locker room with their phones, so when I hear a Congressperson present a bill like this, I have to wonder where the idea came from. I've heard way more stories about Congresspeople and their underage aids and pages... just saying...
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Jesse James
Posted to In the News on 27 January 2009
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3D iPhone glasses. Why?
Strange, I thought this was a law/requirement already.
I think it's a great thing, whether it protects kids, your junk or LiLo from the paps.
From what I recall, this was already required in Japan. You have to hack the phone in order to turn off the shutter sound. I'm thinking crowded trains have something to do with it.
I think the bit about kids is more about high school locker rooms. Not adults and kids, but kids and kids.
I'm happy to have a phone with no external camera button and a shutter sound you can turn off. The one I just ditched would often make a loud click in my pocket to inform me it was busily taking pictures of pitch black nothing.
In this case, I definitely take freedom of technology over an offbeat definition of right to privacy, and both aspects fit happily into a "government butt out" point of view.
Unfortunately measures like these only serve to keep the honest, honest. Those who are planning to misuse cameras will merely find a workaround to deactivate the speaker.