Coming to an iPhone near you from the country that brought you sharking is a cringe-worthy app that silences the smartphone’s camera function, thus allowing creeps around the word to take pictures of people (namely women) without their consent or knowledge, according to MercuryNews.

The app, which can be upgraded to a version which displays a fake e-mail browser on the screen to FURTHER hide your pervy photography, is an unwelcome addition to Japan, a country where just last year over 1700 cases of “illicit photography” led to arrests, a 1.6-fold jump from the previous year.

According to a senior Japanese official, the police force “can’t help but think these apps are designed specifically for taking sneaky photos,” although clearly they’ve never tried to take a photo of a puppy sleeping, because that’s totally another worthy use of a camera silencer [/sarcasm].

Let’s just hope this app doesn’t cross overseas, because the last thing we need is that creep down the street from me to get a hold of a product like this. ::shudder::