Congress set to ban sneaky cameraphone photos

The party's over. There's a bill before Congress that would make it a federal crime to secretly videotape,
photography, film, broadcast, or record someone who is naked or in their underwear anywhere that a "reasonable person would believe that he or she could disrobe in privacy", like a gym or a dressing room. Violators face up to a year in jail. The bill passed the Senate unanimously and is will almost certainly make it through the House as well. To be honest, while there is definitely some potential for abuse of the law, it's much smarter to do this rather than just banning cameraphones altogether (Saudi Arabia did it!) — if you have to criminalize something, it should be the behavior, not the technology.

[Via SmartMobs]