[Infowarrior] - New Law Will Require Camera Phones to 'Click'

[Richard Forno]

   New Law Will Require Camera Phones to 'Click'
Author: Michael Horton Category: Tech 8 hours ago

A new bill is being introduced called, Camera Phone Predator Alert  
Act, which would require any mobile phone containing a digital camera  
to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera's  
phone. It would also prohibit such a phone from being equipped with a  
means of disabling or silencing the tone.

While its a good gesture, I do not believe having such a law would  
deter criminals from hacking their camera phones to take pictures in  
inappropriate ways. Also, the real criminals would not even use a  
camera phone but would probably use other devices such as a hidden  
camera. Regardless, at least with the bill signed into law it would  
allow prosecution and jail time for individuals that get caught with a  
camera phone that does not make the noise.

One question does remain, what if you have a camera phone that doesn't  
make the noise at all or is suppressible? Would older phones still be  
covered under this new law?

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