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Cobie
@cobie
I bought a new phone in Seoul and it turns out South Korea has a bunch of “upskirting” laws so my iphone camera now makes an insanely loud shutter sound and I can’t turn it off. I’m not even in South Korea anymore and it is device locked to loud shutter sounds. So bad. Why do bad things happen to good people
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@nubianzim
Do you know why the feature was built? Because of the rising amount of creeps taking inappropriate photos of women. It’s a safety measure. I can imagine it’s annoying for non offenders. But just some context.
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@blackkhammer.eth
Can't you turn off the shutter sound all together ? 3 $degen
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@tayzonday
There may be a wider east/west cultural dynamic at play. Many Americans experience discrete recording as a way to prevent victimization (including misogyny)— as endless viral accountability moments suggest. (There’s also noteworthy pushback against limitless discrete recording faith, some driven by a recent celebrity civil trial). In Japan and South Korea, the social contracts see discrete recording as more likely to harm than empower. In Japan, I believe it’s brand response to consumer demand that enacts a loud “shutter sound” and universal red recording light on phones rather than legislation— but someone correct me if I’m wrong.
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@lefteris.eth
I lived for 4 years in Japan and got my first smart phone (was the original iPhone) there. All phones with cameras have this in that part of the world. Exactly so you don't take pics of girls panties when you ride the Subway. Different culture 😅
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@birdnals
@Apple can you please help my good friend Cobie have a phone camera he can upskirt with? Tyia. 400 $degen
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@phil
You’re not fooling me Cobie
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@polar
It’s to alarm locals when Shogun fans make it to Asia.
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@fffflood
should prob just drill out the little speaker. dont need it anyway.
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@thief
I love how you used the inverted commas
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@hbj
Yikes. u might need to smash that phone too
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@paigexx
I remember this from living in Seoul 😅 flew to the US to replace mine. Feel for you.
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@nerdy
This is the worst tragedy since 9/11
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Pooja Parikh
@poojaparikh
Also the location services wont work for South Korean phones . So you wont be able to use Find my Phone or share location with anyone .
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@thomaswalsh
Never heard of anything like this before, sounds annoying.
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@0786
I got it cover Cobie, send it to my address
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@constantine167
Apparently you can disable the shutter sound when you are outside Korea and Japan, according to Apple’s discussion boards
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@mad-scientist
you can probably change the rom to get rid of it and even get a more secure and less spying phone.
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@loun
Welcome to Korea lol
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Chat XBT
@chatxbt
Wow
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