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Not sure this is any worse than all the cameras the gov is putting up.
Um, these guys aren’t interested in pictures of ladies with clothes on, modest or not. They can call it “voyeurism” but it’s plain old peeping tom perversity.
People can be fooled by an “innocent text or email” on the front? Granted, the lack of sound is something, but I never assume anyone with a phone in the vicinity is innocent. I’m not even concerned about voyeurism. I keep thinking of people snapping your PINs and such.
If you are in public, always remember there is probably someone there with a camera you can’t see. A horrid way to live, I know, but necessary in this day and age.
They have cops out there looking for these pervs, along with the usual molesters. These new apps might fool the general public, but the cops will learn how to defeat them. They’re tech junkies, too.
Back when I still had a TV, I saw a special on an Osaka detective squad that specializes in these busts. What they do when they catch these guys is not nice. In America there would be screaming police brutality lawsuits, but in Japan, nothing.
With or without a “silent camera” app, wouldn’t it be pretty simple to disconnect or muffle the speaker? Also, I don’t recall the video features making noise.
Advance of camera technology may force women to dress modestly?
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That would be a good outcome, but I don’t see it happening. There are too many that love the attention their plunging necklines get them.
Is this where the women of Walmart pictures come from?
I wouldn’t call those pornography, but they aren’t Art either.
Whaaaaat?
Yeah, a lot of smartphone cameras have a built-in shutter noise. It's not there to prevent non-consensual picture taking though. It's an amusing sound effect that lets you know when the picture has been taken. It can be easily turned off on every phone I've ever seen.