The US is reportedly readying the "Camera Phone Predator Alert Act" to protect citizens from being photographed illegally, without their knowledge.
While the topic has been mulled over for years, it is only now that the country is planning to put forth a legislation to make the camera click sound audible when a picture is clicked. While some cell phone manufacturers already have compliant devices in place, there are others where simply putting the phone into silent mode would let voyeuristic photography go undetected. Even for those phones on which the camera click sound cannot be turned off, users have been able to hack into the phone's firmware and remove the sound.
The proposed bill would fall under the domain of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and is expected to be provided the status of a "safety requirement". Additionally, the draft of the legislation also mentions that the click sound should be audible within a "reasonable" distance.
Similar laws are already in place on countries like Japan and Korea and most device manufacturers have been able to comply with the same.
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