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I remember reading that the Japanese iOS makes a loud shutter noise when you take a picture that can’t be silenced. It’s actually apparently a Japanese law. h
by wincy 8y ago
I remember reading that the Japanese iOS makes a loud shutter noise when you take a picture that can’t be silenced.
It’s actually apparently a Japanese law.
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-turn-the-camera-shutter-sound-off-on-a-Japanese-iPhone https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-turn-the-camera-shutter-sound...
- seltzered_ 8y agoI believe this was also a feature on us versions of iOS years ago. Some developers worked around it in “stealth camera” apps by playing the inverse of the camera shutter soundwave to silence it.
- gitgud 8y agoAlthough it's illegal, that's a brilliant hack. It's also a good reminder that even the simplest systems, which are vetted by dozens of professionals, could be easily defeated...
- thebeefytaco 8y agoIt's a law there because upskirting is a huge problem. I think OP was referring to an LED indicator so the phone owner/user could tell if the camera is in use by an app though.
- hrktb 8y agoDedicated cameras, whatever their sizes (e.g. gopro), don’t have a mandatory shutter sound. Actual upskirting has little to do with it, phone makers/carriers decided to add the sound to preemptively deflect any issue that could slow the camera adoption when it went live. (also not a law)
- pwim 8y agoTechnically there is no law requiring there to be a shutter sound, but rather a standard practice that all Japanese mobile phones implement.
- nihonde 8y agoThis is true. Many people use “live” pictures because that triggers the less obnoxious video chimes.
- sah2ed 8y agoHere’s a StackOverflow answer [0] from years ago, that came up with a workaround that could mute the camera shutter sound. Pretty clever! 0: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23758876 https://stackoverflow.com/a/23758876
- throwmeback 8y agoSame when using Nintendo 3DS cameras.