I went back to the rediff article on banning camera phones to see what people had written (there were exactly 0 comments when I first saw it). It was a big eye opener because there were people in support of the ban , even though their reasons were not quite clear.
But it was pretty obvious that a lot of the people responding were thinking in terms of the various video clips that have been floating around, apparently being forwarded via MMS. On a side node, I think the MMS service is too expensive. If I had a picture or a video clip that I wanted to share I'd do it through email.
Coming back to the comments on the article, I felt that these people were, in fact, in favour of banning cameras in phones altogether! Someone actually said camera phones are a threat to national security. He didn't elaborate though.
Perhaps it's not so much about the fact that a cellphone has an integrated camera, it's more about the camera being disguised. When you go around with a handycam, everyone knows that you're taking video shots. Soon everyone will know that if you go around with a cellphone with a lens, you're taking pictures or video.
All righty then, enough of ranting over cellphones. And Veera, the bike is black, as usual.
1 comment:
i'm in favour of ban on usage of camera phone in public places..these tools in hands miscreants (like me, thats just a eg) might do more harm for personal freedom..taking photos focussing on objectionable places in one eg.
though the question how effective the ban is going to be..we know how smoking-ban in public places are implemented on the ground..
and ofcourse there will be some tricks on using cameraphones without being easily noticiable..
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