June 20, 2003
Voyeur camera phones
An elementary school teacher in Shimonoseki Japan who used his camera-equipped cell phone to take a snapshot up a girl's skirt has resigned in disgrace after being suspended for three months, reports the Mainichi Daily News.
Not as appalling because the incidents reported last year did not mention children and sounded more like a prank, Japense train commuters were caught snapping pictures under women's skirts. (cf You're in the picture). Japan does not take this sort of thing lightly though, first-time offenders generally face a fine of as much as a $ 4'000 or six months in jail, according to the HIT who also interestingly, mentions "that mobile operators such as J-Phone, mindful of such dangers, have set up the phones so that releasing the shutter causes the phone to emit words like "Cheese!" or "Click!" Still, the sound may not be noticed in noisy public places such as stations, and some underground technology shops offer to undo the sound trigger for a price".
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