kswei
13-11-03, 23:39
Who knows this will be must have for all phone for all country...
BEEP! You're on Korean Candid Camera
Wed 12 November, 2003 09:56
SEOUL (Reuters) - Alarmed at the use of camera phones to catch individuals in compromising situations, South Korea has ordered manufacturers to ensure that all new handsets emit a beep whenever a picture is taken.
In one notable case, a woman used her camera phone to snap naked women in one of the country's popular public sauna baths, and then sold the photographs to an Internet Web site.
"New camera-equipped phones are required to make a sound with at least a 65-decibel level when a picture is taken and the function can't be switched off if users change their phone to a silent mode," the telecommunications ministry said in a statement.
Parliament is considering other measures to address privacy issues stemming from the intrusive use of camera phones and digital cameras.
Over the past year, South Koreans have bought more than four million camera-equipped phones and it is commonplace to see people taking pictures of their friends, themselves and just about anything else in view.
In a country where people change their mobile phones every two years on average, one-fifth of mobile phones in use are equipped with a camera, industry sources say.
BEEP! You're on Korean Candid Camera
Wed 12 November, 2003 09:56
SEOUL (Reuters) - Alarmed at the use of camera phones to catch individuals in compromising situations, South Korea has ordered manufacturers to ensure that all new handsets emit a beep whenever a picture is taken.
In one notable case, a woman used her camera phone to snap naked women in one of the country's popular public sauna baths, and then sold the photographs to an Internet Web site.
"New camera-equipped phones are required to make a sound with at least a 65-decibel level when a picture is taken and the function can't be switched off if users change their phone to a silent mode," the telecommunications ministry said in a statement.
Parliament is considering other measures to address privacy issues stemming from the intrusive use of camera phones and digital cameras.
Over the past year, South Koreans have bought more than four million camera-equipped phones and it is commonplace to see people taking pictures of their friends, themselves and just about anything else in view.
In a country where people change their mobile phones every two years on average, one-fifth of mobile phones in use are equipped with a camera, industry sources say.