Apple Granted Patent: Disable Cameras According To Location

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Name Game Premium join:2002-07-07 North Myrtle Beach, SC kudos:7	Apple Granted Patent: Disable Cameras According To Location Recording, communicating during protests, political events could be restricted Steve Watson Sept 3, 2012 Apple was granted a patent last week that will enable it to wirelessly disable the camera on iphones in certain locations, sparking fears that such techniques could be used to prevent citizens from communicating with each other or taking video during protests or events such as political conventions and gatherings. The camera phone has revolutionized the flow of information in the digital age. Any time a major event takes place, news networks and video websites are immediately inundated with footage and photographs from the scene. That could all change in the future however, with a flick of a switch, according to U.S. Patent No. 8,254,902, published on Tuesday, titled, “Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device.” »www.infowars.com/apple-granted-p···ocation/ -- Gladiator Security Forum »www.gladiator-antivirus.com/
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trparky Apple... YUM Premium,MVM join:2000-05-24 Cleveland, OH kudos:2 Reviews: ·Time Warner Cable	WTF! Seriously, WTF! How the hell did that get patented!?!? This is so f'in obvious of an idea that it should've been shot down the moment it passed some guy's desk at the patent office! So great... now we have another damn patent that Apple can bludgeon Android with.
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Juggernaut Irreverent or irrelevant? Premium join:2006-09-05 Kelowna, BC kudos:2	reply to Name Game I'm sure Apple will lose a lot of clients, once this gets out. Way to shoot yourself in the foot, morons. No concerts, club scenes, or other such stuff will be included, no doubt. It reeks of the Big Brother aspect to boot. I'll never own a Apple product. Ever. -- Better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it.
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Name Game Premium join:2002-07-07 North Myrtle Beach, SC kudos:7	reply to Name Game Among a bevy of patents awarded to Apple this week was one that would enable or disable certain features of a phone depending on its location. It could be useful, but it also raises serious questions about who really owns your device. It's similar to an application made public in 2011 that would use a sensor in the phone to detect whether it was allowed to take pictures or make calls. The new patent relies on GPS, cell tower or Wi-Fi data to determine location, and then "changing one or more functional or operational aspects" of the device. The suggestions for use are innocuous and practical: a movie theater that automatically sets phones to silent; a classroom that prevents outgoing calls; turning off Wi-Fi in a hospital. But it's not hard to imagine abuses of the system as well: it could be a useful tool for any oppressive regime, for instance, or be used to force the shutdown of phones at a protest — something that happened last year in San Francisco. »www.nbcnews.com/technology/gadge···n-972677 "This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for preventing wireless devices from communicating with other wireless devices (such as in academic settings), and for forcing certain electronic devices to enter "sleep mode" when entering a sensitive area." In case covert police or government operations require complete "blackout" conditions, Apple would help out by flicking the same switch. The patent application also states that, as wireless devices, such as the iPhone, become ubiquitous, “[they] frequently disrupt meetings, the presentation of movies, religious ceremonies, weddings, funerals, academic lectures, and test-taking environments.” Michael Zhang at Tech site Peta Pixel (highlighted by presstv.ir), believes that the future of amateur photography doesn’t look too bright, if Apple can just switch off your iPhone. “If this type of technology became widely adopted and baked into cameras, photography could be prevented by simply setting a ‘geofence’ around a particular location, whether it's a movie theater, celebrity hangout spot, protest site, or the top secret rooms at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California.” »news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Gr···70.shtml -- Gladiator Security Forum »www.gladiator-antivirus.com/
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state stress magnet Premium,Mod join:2002-02-08 Purgatory kudos:6	reply to Name Game A patent doesn't necessarily mean implementation. But... GPS off. Airplane mode on. Done.
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kdshapiro join:2000-03-29 Eatontown, NJ	reply to Name Game Think I'll stay with my BB for the foreseeable future. -- Ken
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rcdailey Dragoonfly Premium join:2005-03-29 Rialto, CA Reviews: ·RoadRunner Cable 3 edits	reply to Name Game An immediate application might be museums that restrict the use of cameras. Oh, wait, even better: casinos - no cameras working in casinos . . . Then, someone will jail-break this feature and the question will become: Will jail-breaking your phone send you to jail?
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kickass69 join:2002-06-03 Lake Hopatcong, NJ	reply to Name Game I knew there was a reason I still use/have a film camera aside from high quality on top of never having and never will buy Apple hardware/software.
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rcdailey Dragoonfly Premium join:2005-03-29 Rialto, CA Reviews: ·RoadRunner Cable	Hang onto that camera, at least until they don't make film anymore. At that point, it will be a collector's item and worth more than you could get for it now. -- It is easier for a camel to put on a bikini than an old man to thread a needle.
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Ian Premium join:2002-06-18 ON kudos:1 Reviews: ·Rogers Hi-Speed	reply to kickass69 said by kickass69: I knew there was a reason I still use/have a film camera aside from high quality on top of never having and never will buy Apple hardware/software. Seems to me that purpose-built digital cameras that do not, and have not, ever had any networking capability whatsoever would fit the bill as well.. I'm not sure if this idea will amount to anything. At this stage it is merely yet another reason not to buy Apple products as well, if they were to implement it... -- “Any claim that the root of a problem is simple should be treated the same as a claim that the root of a problem is Bigfoot. Simplicity and Bigfoot are found in the real world with about the same frequency.” – David Wong
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DataDoc My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D. Premium join:2000-05-14 Greenville, NC Reviews: ·Suddenlink	reply to state said by state: A patent doesn't necessarily mean implementation. But... GPS off. Airplane mode on. Done. And if they just turn it back on? If they can control a camera, they can control everything. -- US Border Agent Brian Terry was disarmed by the very bureaucrats that armed his killers. "People do things the president wants to do even though it's wrong, and the president can be wrong."
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Kilroy Premium,MVM join:2002-11-21 Ann Arbor, MI	reply to Name Game This is the problem that I have: said by Name Game: It could be useful, but it also raises serious questions about who really owns your device. If I paid for the device you have no business doing anything to it without my permission. Yes, I see this as a great, though obvious, feature. But, I also see great opportunity for misuse. -- Want the shirt? - »www.despair.com/thedestructor.html Not afiliated or making any profit from sales
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EUS Kill cancer Premium join:2002-09-10 canada Reviews: ·voip.ms	reply to Juggernaut I think you overestimate people's level of caring. Most people I see with any type of smart device can't bear to be without it for more than 10 mins. IMHO any loss of sales going forward would be due to saturation. -- ~ Project Hope ~
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Msradell P.E. Premium join:2008-12-25 Louisville, KY Reviews: ·AT&T U-Verse	reply to trparky said by trparky: So great... now we have another damn patent that Apple can bludgeon Android with. Actually it should be a huge plus for Android phones! People are going to be much more likely to buy a phone that the manufacturer can't control!
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proprietary @centurytel.net	reply to Kilroy said by Kilroy: This is the problem that I have: said by Name Game: It could be useful, but it also raises serious questions about who really owns your device. If I paid for the device you have no business doing anything to it without my permission. Yes, I see this as a great, though obvious, feature. But, I also see great opportunity for misuse. You paid for the device per say but its my proprietary software so if I as the provider want to update my software you shouldn't have control over it. Proprietary is not freedom until you learn this you will be forced to update.
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mackey join:2007-08-20 kudos:3	reply to Kilroy said by Kilroy: If I paid for the device you have no business doing anything to it without my permission. They DO have your permission to do whatever they want. It's right there in the Terms of Service and License Agreement you agreed to by buying and using their device or service. /M
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StuartMW Who Is John Galt? Premium join:2000-08-06 Galt's Gulch kudos:2	+1 But who reads their TOS?
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EGeezer Go Cats Premium join:2002-08-04 Midwest kudos:8	reply to Name Game Looks like it's time for these - »www.spytechs.com/body-worn-camera.htm
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StuartMW Who Is John Galt? Premium join:2000-08-06 Galt's Gulch kudos:2 Reviews: ·CenturyLink	Or »Re: Apple Granted Patent: Disable Cameras According To Location Harder to hack film -- Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow!
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KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK	reply to Name Game OMG Another one of these patents? FFS. Classic example of patenting an obvious idea but one that opens so many cans of worms that nobody felt anyone would actually do it. Cue Apple. Yes, totally fails obviousness test, and is a bad idea to boot. -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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