- In the year 2015, a law was made to make this sound mandatory.
iPhone Shutter Sound: Whenever a photo is taken with the iPhone camera or the camera of another phone, a shutter sound comes. This sound is exactly like that of a traditional camera. In many countries you can turn off this sound in iPhone or other mobiles. There are many places where this sound is not paid much attention to, but in Japan the matter is completely different. This sound cannot be disabled in iPhones and other phones sold here. Even if your phone is silent, there will be a shutter sound when taking a photo. Let us know why it is necessary for the phone camera to make this sound and when did this rule start.
The reason is related to privacy
The shutter sound indicates that the photo has been clicked. This sound can alert you if some unknown person is taking your photo. This is why shutter sound has been made mandatory in Japan. In the phones sold here, camera shutter sound is enabled by default and it cannot be turned off. There is also a law regarding this here.
Why was there a need to make a law?
In the early 2000s, the first portable phone with a built-in camera, the Kyocera VP-210, was launched in Japan. There was no shutter sound in it. Because of this, incidents of people taking photographs surreptitiously had become a big problem. A celebrity named Masashi Tashiro was also accused of taking objectionable photos of a woman with his phone camera, after which he was also arrested. Seeing such incidents, mobile manufacturing companies in Japan started adding the feature of shutter sound in their respective devices. This feature was made such that it cannot be disabled.
The law was made in 2015
Before 2015, companies were providing shutter sound on their own, but in 2015, the government made this rule a law. Under this law, there is a ban on muting the shutter sound on smartphones and every company selling phones in Japan has to follow it. However, now some people have found a way to turn off this sound through third-party apps and other methods. Some people are also muting this sound by changing the SIM settings.
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