I view this sort of legislation as pandering to the fear-crowd. I can forgive the representative for not realizing things like a camera tone can be turned off via hacks in about 2 seconds, but I have a hard time understanding why someone in his office didn't mention to him that there are more important things to be concerned with.
Dave David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [email protected] www.upstatedigitools.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff Flight Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Stupid law of the year goes to congressman Peter King (R) New York The problem with such laws (and we are just as likely to follow suit) is that the only people who will circumvent it are the people who would misuse them anyhow. Its not really a breach of any basic principle to ban silent cameras but it is however an exercise in futility and stupidity. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Hill Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 8:50 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Stupid law of the year goes to congressman Peter King (R) New York On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: > The Camera Phone Predator alert act. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10150671-1.html What's up Mike? Worried you'll have to give up your voyeuristic activities :-) In parts of Asia (Japan?) this is already law. I'm sure it's easy to circumnavigate with a firmware fix or a pair of wire cutters... -- Paul [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/006501c98144$7c843c50$758cb4...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
