New Law Will Require Camera Phones to 'Click'
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?
So, Instead of clicking and
By wcbonnerSo, Instead of clicking and taking a photo, I take a movie and just find a still frame that I want to keep later. Even worse, I actually get to record the sound when the stuff is happening. The technology issues related to this are bad. How do we keep stupid stuff like this from even showing up in committees?
Haha nice point wcbonner. Yet
By James AndersonHaha nice point wcbonner. Yet another useless law that will never prevent anything from happening.
From what I've seen, more law
By Llamakiller4From what I've seen, more law enforcement has been photographed misbehaving than criminals, so Im not surprised at this. After "Rodney King" and others, alot of areas made it illegal to film police activity. Draw your own conclusions.
I read the text of the law.
By MniemI read the text of the law. If this passes it will require all camera phones to emit a tone when they take a picture. It will not, however, require that the tone be audible. Or that it be audible to everyone. It could be a high pitched sound only some people could hear ("The Mosquito"), and still comply with the law, if even that degree of audibility were assumed. This law fails at what it sets out to do -- inadequately solve a problem that isn't significant.