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A white LED light on the front indicates that a picture or recording is in progress. I am generally weary of government regulation, but, depending on the imple
by ortusdux 5y ago
A white LED light on the front indicates that a picture or recording is in progress.
I am generally weary of government regulation, but, depending on the implementation, I might be onboard with a law that requires cameras and microphones to have a power indicator. Specifically, the LED should be hard-wired into the main power wire going into the camera/mic, so that it will activate any time those sensors are receiving electricity.
- Daniel_sk 5y agoYou can then just paint over the LED...
- gregmac 5y ago> I might be onboard with a law that requires cameras and microphones to have a power indicator. Specifically, the LED should be hard-wired into the main power wire going into the camera/mic, so that it will activate any time those sensors are receiving electricity. Such a law should be equally applied to police body cameras.
- gunapologist99 5y agoThat would present a severe risk to officers working at night and turn them into a lit-up target.
- cwkoss 5y agoCops don't need to sneak up in cover of darkness. They are safety officers not special ops
- gunapologist99 5y agoMost crime occurs at night. Cops frequently have to chase suspects into dark areas. Being lit up will both help suspects get away easier and massively increase the risk that the suspects will be able to easily shoot their pursuers.
- modriano 5y agoPolice don't skulk around in the shadows at night, waiting to observe crimes. Crimes occur far too infrequently for that strategy to make any sense at all. They're either in cars or if they're patrolling on foot (which is basically only something that happens in very dense commercial areas), they're dressed to be obvious and noticable. That's the mechanism by which police can prevent/displace crime: would-be perpetrators see police and choose to wait, commit their crime elsewhere, or (potentially) cool off and not commit the crime.
- robofanatic 5y agoI shouldn't be hands free, especially for video recording. There should be a button that needs to be pressed all the time and as for taking picture it should have a shutter sound effect without ability to silent it.
- cwkoss 5y agoShould these regulations also be applied to smart phones and digital cameras?
- oh_sigh 5y agoOk, but what about blind people? Should they not be allowed to know they are being recorded? There clearly needs to be a "recording" sound that plays while recordings are happening.
- coolspot 5y agoAlso please don’t forget about people with both impaired vision and hearing. Hence all cameras must make powerful low-frequency vibration when active.
- lozaning 5y agoWhat if I've also lost my sense of touch? I think it should also have to disperse a sulfur agent into the air, just to be safe.
- frozenlettuce 5y agophone cameras in japan must produce a shutter sound https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/4vyko2/shutter_sound_on_smartpohones_in_japan/ https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/4vyko2/shutter_s...