In almost all cases, the photos are used without the subject's permission.

In fact, pornographic mobog (mobile blogging) websites exist specifically for this purpose.

These pictures are often posted on the internet. To compound the problem, many of the unapproved photos are 'up the skirt' or 'down the shirt' shots where the photographer strategically aims the camera. These people are having their photos snapped without their knowledge or permission. News networks have uncovered camera phones being used to watch the unsuspecting undress in gyms, department store dressing rooms, locker rooms, and tanning salons. Thanks to camera phones, a new age of voyeurism is here. Such employers are afraid of James Bond-style espionage, in which employees might take photos of confidential documents and sell them to third parties. Businesses like General Motors, Intel, and Lockheed Martin are nixing camera phones as well. Courthouses are outlawing them to protect undercover police officers who can be photographed while testifying. Schools are banning camera phones because students are using them to photograph tests and cheat. This has created an ever growing list of places where camera phones are unwelcome. Now that cameras are so discreet, they're being used for more than candid shots. Now, your whole trip to Europe can be documented via camera phone as you pose atop the EiffelTower or in front of the Tower of London.īut for all of their convenience, camera phones aren't always a good thing. Since almost everyone has been in a situation where they wish they had a camera, you can only imagine the market for these convenient little cameras. Instead of having a bulky digital camera in your purse or back pocket, these picture-taking devices allow for spontaneous photo ops. Camera phones have been sources of both amusement and convenience.

App snap a picture when open the phone