Comment by astrange
3 years ago
> This is helped by the fact that it's a legal requirement that all devices capable of taking photographs must make a photographing noise when doing so.
That's not a legal requirement, it's a carrier request.
> For example on iPhone in Japan it is impossible to silence the shutter sound effect without modifying the device hardware.
That now turns off once you take them out of the country though.
Things must have changed in recent years, as it must have absolutely started out as a mandatory legal requirement. From my understanding it dates to some of the earliest digital cameras that didn't have shutter noises built-in and has nothing to do with carriers.
I believe that's true in Korea (or at least the govt regulators ask for it) but it's always been a carrier cartel thing in Japan.
https://articles.inqk.net/2018/02/09/japan-iphone-shutter.ht...
That goes against everything I've ever heard on the subject and I don't recognize this site. Also if it was a carrier reason, wouldn't the sound appear if you were roaming in Japan? It doesn't.
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