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.
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.
ReplyDeletethough 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..