You don't need to be a hacker to download an android app that disables the sound illegally, or remove the speakers.
> Even the most freedom-loving libertarians among us generally concede that your freedom doesn't extend to harming others.
Do you really consider being able to take photos silently "harming others"?
Why don't we just make cameras on cell phones illegal? After all, your freedom to have a camera "doesn't extend to harming others."
The reason your argument is bullshit is that most people (including libertarians) don't support punishing people before they're proven guilty of a crime. You can certainly punish upskirt-shot-takers, if you want, but don't preemptively mix up literally every innocent person with a smartphone.
>no one can really stop you from modding a device, anyway
But they can and have made it illegal, so if I do modify my device in the way I like they can throw me in prison.
>thinking about what a minor inconvenience it is to hear the camera sound, so that people's privacy can be protected.
This is a completely false dichotomy. The camera sound is not protecting people's privacy to any significant degree. It has the much more significant effect of inconveniencing a huge number of people.
You also haven't addressed the fact that this sets up the precedent for the government controlling people's technology.
Do you really consider being able to take photos silently "harming others"?
In very specific circumstances it can be, for reasons I already described.
In your world where simple privacy-enhancing measures are to be vociferously opposed should they cause any inconvenience whatsoever, I hope you never have enemies that you need to keep privacy from.
> Even the most freedom-loving libertarians among us generally concede that your freedom doesn't extend to harming others.
Do you really consider being able to take photos silently "harming others"?
Why don't we just make cameras on cell phones illegal? After all, your freedom to have a camera "doesn't extend to harming others."
The reason your argument is bullshit is that most people (including libertarians) don't support punishing people before they're proven guilty of a crime. You can certainly punish upskirt-shot-takers, if you want, but don't preemptively mix up literally every innocent person with a smartphone.
>no one can really stop you from modding a device, anyway
But they can and have made it illegal, so if I do modify my device in the way I like they can throw me in prison.
>thinking about what a minor inconvenience it is to hear the camera sound, so that people's privacy can be protected.
This is a completely false dichotomy. The camera sound is not protecting people's privacy to any significant degree. It has the much more significant effect of inconveniencing a huge number of people.
You also haven't addressed the fact that this sets up the precedent for the government controlling people's technology.