It might be the fact that Japan has the highest rate of fetishism (no offense) supported by all perverts and freaks, sponsored by smartphone, digital and hidden camera.

The up-skirt photography, which is being considered as the main problem in Japan. Well, most of the smartphones today has facility to feeds your fetishism. Regards to this case, and perhaps due to many complaints, Japan’s iPhone disabling the mute-mode of the shutter-sound effect, even while we’re in Silent Mode — meanwhile, you should bear with the “CRAP — CRAP” sound, every time you hit the shutter button.

Some other smartphone companies even make the sound louder. So, how’s it going? Well, I’m not sure if there’s a hack — but if you’re obesse enough with the up-skirt photography, you might consider to pull the external speaker out.