Apple is required by law in Japan to make iPhones make a sound when taking a photo, and they complied.
These new voyuer laws in Australia are obviously much more severe, but there is precedent for a company to customise phones by jurisdiction.
These new voyuer laws in Australia are obviously much more severe, but there is precedent for a company to customise phones by jurisdiction.
Since Apple sold iPhones only through carriers initially, they complied with this agreement.
A better example of this would be Apple disabling FaceTime on phones sold in the UAE, which is the result of a law, and the feature stays disabled even if the region is changed from/the phone is removed from the UAE.
One is a law requiring phones to try to alert people whose privacy is being invaded in some circumstances.
The other is a law requiring phones to invade people’s privacy in some circumstances.
I think it is quite reasonable to follow the former, just as it could be reasonable for laws to require phones to broadcast tsunami warnings or meet various antitrust requirements.
A law that restricts my freedom to customize my device. Plus their privacy was being invaded from the moment that I looked at them, taking a photo would not change anything.
> just as it could be reasonable for laws to require phones to broadcast tsunami warnings
As long as it is configurable, sure.