[vageli]

> If I want to buy a camera to place in my own home without having it light up (and without having to mod it), that's my business.

> I understand what you're getting at: you want to protect average people from predatory device manufacturers who would make an Internet-connected camera and then spy on their customers.

> But requiring non-disableable lights by law has unintended consequences.

Just wanted to mention, it's illegal to sell a phone with camera in Japan that does not make an audible shutter sound. Japanese people don't seem to be too bothered by it.