Comments on: Camera click sound to be a legal requirement http://www.localoaf.org/2009/01/28/camera-click-sound-to-be-a-legal-requirement/ Information: It's the Magic Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark http://www.localoaf.org/2009/01/28/camera-click-sound-to-be-a-legal-requirement/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 Mark Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:06:14 +0000 http://localoaf.org/?p=288#comment-5012 I think it's a bit crazy, considering how small actual cameras are now, and how they don't "click" anymore. It would be better to sneak a higher resolution camera in somewhere anyway. Most phones don't make the noise, or can be muffled, or the volume will affect the click noise etc, and retrofitting all old phones is impossible due to the sheer amount of phones around. It still relies on someone hearing the noise! "Um, did you just take photo?" "No." I don't see how this solves it anyway, you can't prove if they did take a photo, or what they took a photo of. Also, there is no proof that those guys are taking voyeuristic photos anyway (awesome if it did really catch them out though). I think it’s a bit crazy, considering how small actual cameras are now, and how they don’t “click” anymore. It would be better to sneak a higher resolution camera in somewhere anyway. Most phones don’t make the noise, or can be muffled, or the volume will affect the click noise etc, and retrofitting all old phones is impossible due to the sheer amount of phones around. It still relies on someone hearing the noise! “Um, did you just take photo?” “No.” I don’t see how this solves it anyway, you can’t prove if they did take a photo, or what they took a photo of.

Also, there is no proof that those guys are taking voyeuristic photos anyway (awesome if it did really catch them out though).

]]> By: Ryan Shaw http://www.localoaf.org/2009/01/28/camera-click-sound-to-be-a-legal-requirement/comment-page-1/#comment-4995 Ryan Shaw Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:12:01 +0000 http://localoaf.org/?p=288#comment-4995 This has been the law in Japan for several years. There is a thriving black market in hacking phones to turn off the shutter sound. This has been the law in Japan for several years. There is a thriving black market in hacking phones to turn off the shutter sound.

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