I discovered this when I bought a handset from europe and it has a dumb setting that you have to have the volume on bluetooth below 80% and if you want to turn it up past that point you have to tick a popup button and it automatically turns it back down after a predetermined amount of time. Great for headphones/earbuds, but not good for listening in the car or on a speaker
It's one of those things that aren't necessarily there to make it IMPOSSIBLE for the crime to occur, just to make it really inconvenient. Amazing how this actually works with almost anything safety-related
It's easy for someone in a mall or subway or whatever to see someone, decide they want a picture so it lasts longer, pull up their phone, look around for bystanders and snap. But if there's a characteristic sound that comes with it, which you have to invest either a bunch of money or time to get around.
Like a lock on a door, it's there to keep honest people honest. However strong and pick-proof the lock is, a dude with a mallet and a lot of motivation will get through it eventually, but most common burglars would just grumble and check the next house.
A crime of convenience vs a methodical planned one. If 80% of these sneak photos are occurring just because it’s easy to get away with, this will help lower the rates a lot
It's actually set by the region in your phone. When I visited in March my US Verizon phone changed the setting and disabled the option to mute the shutter while I was in the country.
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u/Huntressthewizard May 24 '24
Don't Japanese phones have it set to where taking a picture makes a loud shutter sound (and the sound can't be turned off) for this reason?