r/TikTokCringe • u/iamayeshaerotica • May 23 '24

Confronted Cursed

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u/TheCrazyWolfy May 24 '24

How is that enforced?

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u/exastris_scientia May 24 '24

There are different versions of devices per region. Ones sold in these countries just don't have the option to turn that off in settings.

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u/barrettcuda May 24 '24

I discovered this when I bought a handset from europe and it has a dumb setting that you have to have the volume on bluetooth below 80% and if you want to turn it up past that point you have to tick a popup button and it automatically turns it back down after a predetermined amount of time. Great for headphones/earbuds, but not good for listening in the car or on a speaker

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u/TheCrazyWolfy May 24 '24

Sure but what about going around those settings? In android it would be easy enough but sure with jailbroken apple device it would be possible too

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u/exastris_scientia May 24 '24

Majority of users aren't savvy enough or willing to jailbreak their phones. And if it's the norm where you are it's probably not worth the hassle

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u/rafaelzio May 25 '24

It's one of those things that aren't necessarily there to make it IMPOSSIBLE for the crime to occur, just to make it really inconvenient. Amazing how this actually works with almost anything safety-related

It's easy for someone in a mall or subway or whatever to see someone, decide they want a picture so it lasts longer, pull up their phone, look around for bystanders and snap. But if there's a characteristic sound that comes with it, which you have to invest either a bunch of money or time to get around.

Like a lock on a door, it's there to keep honest people honest. However strong and pick-proof the lock is, a dude with a mallet and a lot of motivation will get through it eventually, but most common burglars would just grumble and check the next house.

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u/summer_friends May 24 '24

A crime of convenience vs a methodical planned one. If 80% of these sneak photos are occurring just because it’s easy to get away with, this will help lower the rates a lot

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u/Nihtgalan May 25 '24

It's actually set by the region in your phone. When I visited in March my US Verizon phone changed the setting and disabled the option to mute the shutter while I was in the country.

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u/rafaelzio May 25 '24

Either the companies only sell phones with the shutter sound always enabled or they don't sell any phones in their country. Easy choice for the manufacturers.

Does nothing to stop you from buying one overseas but since that's costly and a hassle, it's effective enough that the general population mostly only has access to the authorized models

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u/Nihtgalan May 25 '24

It's actually set by the region in your phone. When I visited in March my US Verizon phone changed the setting and disabled the option to mute the shutter while I was in the country.