It seems that the threat of the iPhone’s camera being used to take surreptitious “upskirt” and “downblouse” pictures of unsuspecting Japanese women was significant enough that Apple decided to force the Japanese iPhone 3G’s camera emit a loud shutter “click” whenever a photo is taken, even when the iPhone 3G is set to “silent” mode.
Apparently, there are enough of these perverted Japanese iPhone owners out there that Apple found it necessary to force their Japanese iPhone 3G units to emit the sometimes useful, but mostly annoying, shutter click. The feature is unique to Japanese iPhones, and combined with warning signs, should help skirt-wearing members of the fairer sex avoid exploitation.
And, Apple apparently isn’t alone in their pervert-thwarting practices. Cameraphones are reportedly offered in Japan with similarly loud shutter clicks, with some cameras that even say “cheese” upon shutter actuation.
It isn’t clear, however, if the iPhone 3G jailbreak could open the door to sexual deviants in Japan disabling the upskirt-preventing shutter click.
[Via: CultOfMac]