January 26, 2009
Congress gets bill to make cell phone cameras go click
Worried about someone taking pictures of you surreptitiously? A new bill would require all cell phone cameras to make that shutter-click noise so you'll be warned when there's a peeping tom in the locker room with you.
According to arstechnica,
The Camera Phone Predator Alert Act (H.R. 414) was introduced into Congress this month by Representative Peter King, Republican of New York.
The bill's text says that Congress has found that "children and adolescents have been exploited by photographs taken in dressing rooms and public places with the use of a camera phone.
Related attempts dating back as early as 2003:
-- New Jersey Legislation Being Considered To Keep Camera Phone Users From Taking Surprise Photos
-- Should Cell Phone Cams Come with Alarms?
-- Camera phone clampdown demanded
-- A seal to cover a camphone lens
-- Camera Phone to Require Shutter Sound From Next Year
-- Do phone cameras have to make a sound when digital cameras can be silent?
-- Manufacturers oppose camera-phone restrictions
-- Korean gov't wants to make cameraphones noisy
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