Can cell phones with cameras get banned?

hey dear... well, I wish if they banned such disturbing stuff but I don't think it is possible... we can't even report the person while picturing us! we don't have the rights to do that unfortunately.. the day before I have had caught somebody picturing me in campus while I was having lunch with my friends, but I couldn't take out his phone coz I don't have the right to do so having the camera is so cool if it is used in the right way!

Hi alienstar, I live in India. In my state, Kerala, there was many issues of this mobile phone misuse and a law had been passed that no student under 18 years can carry with him a mobile with a camera. Moreover, there is a squad that regualry conducts raids in schools and colleges. I really don't like this because even if they find some pics like a group photo involving girls in our mobiles, we will be called for questioning.. I really don't support this law and I hope this will come to an end someday. Have fun. Happy mylotting. Regards, Ajith.

mmh i never thought in these terms about camera phone but i think they won't ban it just for some particular motivations,you should remember that camera phone is not so common for criminal activities or privacy broken but even millions of people that use it good and having fun or good contents.

No they cannot get banned at least not in countries with proper laws ( In this example I will take Holland). Whether they should, I leave that an open question. I'll tell you why. Journalists have the right to carry a camera with them at all times, since mobile phones have cameras they're included, unless there's a good reason to forbid them, for example during football matches, exhibitions etc, however that falls under the private law. In the Netherlands you can make a photo almost everywhere you want. However if you're specifically photographing somebody you should better ask for approval. They can demand you remove the photo afterwards and if you don't comply you can get arrested. Recording or taking pictures zooming in on people's primary and secondary genitals is forbidden by law. So if a stairs is grated and you take a picture from underneath and zooming in on the genitals you're going to get fined and have the footage removed, sometimes you can even lose your camera/mobile phone. Police should arrest and fine people breaking the laws but politics shouldn't ban cameras. There's no valid reason for that just because they're a mobile phone.

i dnt think any buddy can banned camera phones because if camera phones will be banned than 1st you banned camera camcorders handy-cam these kind of thing have more picture quality so banned these thing than move on to camera phones

Hi Alienstar, It depends on the nature of the surroundings. If you are on a highly sophisticated and technology advance factory then this is applicable.

One can not ban camera phones because it has lot's of advantageous use like other members described above. The solution can be there must be siren tone attached with phone's picture taking an d video capturing, this will inform people around that picture is being taken or video is being captured.

well it is banned on using it some places like the cinema and such. But i dont think it would be in the point of being illegal.

What i can say is that even though the cellphones with cameras are banned the one who is misusing the technology will find an alternative way to do it....even though they get banned they will find another way...so the one whos doing things like that that should be siverely punished in such a way that no one even tries to think about doing such a thing again.....

No they will never get banned. That would be censoring.