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new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" * 1
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http://www.zdnet.com/apple-patent-could-remotely-disable-protesters-phone-cameras-7000003640/

just another reason why i won't be ever buying a phone from apple. granted you could still carry just a normal camera but it's still pretty crazy.

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: parliament666]
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You should have copy pasted the associated article.

Really good read.


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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: Humility]
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Thats fuckin scary yo. I would be somewhat supportive of certain areas having cell dead zones but using a signal to force your phone to shut down?

Thats messed up


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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: bloodsheen]
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Thank you apple..now police have the chance to be even MORE corrupt, and not have to worry about being prosecuted/fired

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: Humility]
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purelycontradictin said:
Thank you apple..now police have the chance to be even MORE corrupt, and not have to worry about being prosecuted/fired


yea this is what i thought immediately after reading this. There's enough corruption even when they are being filmed. Even when they are filmed beating up protesters they seem to get away with it. now they don't even have to worry about proof.

Humility said:
You should have copy pasted the associated article.

Really good read.


what was the associated article i looked back over this one and couldn't find it. i'd love to read more.

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: parliament666]
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Not drug related, but this is scary.


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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: thirtygoats]
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thirtygoats said:
Not drug related, but this is scary.


:thumbup:
i gotta get ready for the revolution!! I won't be ready until im in as good of shape as that roided hamster

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: parliament666]
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For future reference, here are the forum rules:

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parliament666 said:
what was the associated article i looked back over this one and couldn't find it. i'd love to read more.


The article associated with your link. The article you linked to.

This article:


Apple patent could remotely disable protesters' phone cameras

Summary: A new patent, granted to Apple, could prevent academic cheating, cinema interruptions, but also see areas of political protest activity 'ring-fenced' disabling phone and tablet cameras.
Zack Whittaker

By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | September 4, 2012 -- 10:51 GMT (03:51 PDT)
Follow @zackwhittaker

Don't you just hate it when there's someone in the cinema taking photos, or talking on their phone? How unfair is it that 'they' cheated on their test because they could access the Web, and yet you only got half their marks?

Isn't it a shame you can't take a photo of the police officer beating a man in the street because your oppressive government remotely disabled your smartphone camera?

A new patent granted to Apple could do all of the above.

U.S. Patent No. 8,254,902, otherwise known as "Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device," was granted in late-August, and would allow phone policies to be set to "chang[e] one or more functional or operational aspects of a wireless device [...] upon the occurrence of a certain event."

What that means in real-terms is "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."

But the patented technology may also be used to restrict protesters' right to free expression in oppressive regimes around the world -- if you haven't checked recently, there's plenty of them -- by preventing camera images and video being taken at political rallies and events.

Apple makes a good point for the voice of good:

    As wireless devices such as cellular telephones, pagers, personal media devices and smartphones become ubiquitous, more and more people are carrying these devices in various social and professional settings. The result is that these wireless devices can often annoy, frustrate, and even threaten people in sensitive venues. For example, cell phones with loud ringers frequently disrupt meetings, the presentation of movies, religious ceremonies, weddings, funerals, academic lectures, and test-taking environments.

But it notes later on:

    Covert police or government operations may require complete "blackout" conditions.

Adding:

    Likewise, an airline operator or airport may cause the mobile device to enter into an "airplane" mode, wherein all electromagnetic emissions of significance are prevented, at least during flight, thereby more affirmatively preventing interference with aircraft communications or instrumentation and enhancing safety. Similarly, if a terrorist threat or other security breach is detected, the airport may disable at least a portion of the wireless communications within a terminal using a policy command, thereby potentially frustrating communications between individual terrorists or other criminals.

It's clear that although Apple may implement the technology, it would not be Apple's decision to activate the 'feature,' such as a remote-switch -- it would be down governments, businesses and network owners to set such policies.

Those policies would be activated by GPS, and Wi-Fi or mobile base-stations, which would ring-fence ("geofence") around a building, a protest, or a sensitive area to prevent phone cameras from taking pictures or recording video.

Other features, such as email or connecting to non-authorized networks -- such as working in the office and connecting to a non-work network on a company-owned device -- could be set, for example.

This sort of 'feature' would not bode well for journalists taking photos and citizens recording acts of state violence or police brutality in areas where ordinary people are facing increasing crackdowns on civil and human rights.

One unknown variable to this is what if you disable all connectivity, such as the cell network, Wi-Fi, and GPS? If there was no connection to a network to set such feature-disabling policies in the first place, it could be possible to circumvent such restrictions.

Questions have been left with Apple, but there was no reply at the time of writing outside U.S. business hours.

It goes almost without saying, just because a patent has been granted doesn't mean Apple will use the technology any time soon.

Companies often patent technologies and features that do not go into end products, so it's not a looking-glass view into what's coming in the next iPhone or iPad at an upcoming September announcement, or even further down the line. It does though offer a view into what companies are working on and have the potential to dish out to end-consumers and business customers.


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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THIS JUST IN.

the government is requiring ALL citizens of all ages to get a booster-shot that prevents sneezing. It was decided by majority at the house of congress.


1 year later: apparently, the required "sneeze-preventing shot", which was made to prevent inconvenienced of common colds, is being linked to widespread bipoar disorder and severe depression

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: purelycontradictin]
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purelycontradictin said:
THIS JUST IN.

the government is requiring ALL citizens of all ages to get a booster-shot that prevents sneezing. It was decided by majority at the house of congress.


1 year later: apparently, the required "sneeze-preventing shot", which was made to prevent inconvenienced of common colds, is being linked to widespread bipoar disorder and severe depression



What?

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: John Nada]
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a what-if scenario that our government could try to pull in a few years, and the possible outcome

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: purelycontradictin]
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:archiebunker:

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: John Nada]
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SMP said:
What?


Humor.

Learn it. Love it.


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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luvdemshrooms said:
For future reference, here are the forum rules:

Welcome to the Shroomery news service forum. This is a forum for members to post news that may be of interest to the Shroomery.org community. Before you post please familiarize yourself with these few simple guidelines:


 
  • The submitted news should be related to the scope of this website. (mushrooms, psychedelics, drugs in general, war on drugs, etc....)
  • Copy and paste the news article in a new thread and include the link to the source.
  • The news should be up to date.
  • No flaming.



Due to reality, any and all posts are subject to moderator/administration discretion, editing, and approval.


You're not a mod, leave the modding to the actual mods, your red text is far more annoying then anyone who broke the rules in here.

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: Byrain]
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What a hypocritical tool. I didn't claim to be a mod. Just helping someone to learn the ropes. Because helping people is the right thing to do... right?

I'd bet that the mods have no problem with members helping other members learn a rule they clearly didn't know. I'll bet if they do, they will let me know.  Not you hypocrite, an actual mod.


Oh, and I don't give a shit what you think.

Have some more red text!


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

Edited by luvdemshrooms (09/05/12 01:18 PM)

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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wtf is this world coming to?
As someone else said, I will never own any apple products aside from my normal, non video, no internet, no wifi no nothing iPod. I want it to play music.
Shit, I still don't even have a smart phone of any variety and I DON'T want one. Waiting for the day that "normal" phones get phased out and "smart phones" are the new lowest form of technology, being replaced by whatever else is bound to come along.


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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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Quote:
luvdemshrooms said:
For future reference, here are the forum rules:

Welcome to the Shroomery news service forum. This is a forum for members to post news that may be of interest to the Shroomery.org community. Before you post please familiarize yourself with these few simple guidelines:



The submitted news should be related to the scope of this website. (mushrooms, psychedelics, drugs in general, war on drugs, etc....)
Copy and paste the news article in a new thread and include the link to the source.
The news should be up to date.
No flaming.


yea i didn't realize that's what he was talking about i thought he just meant there was more that i should have posted. I probably should have read the rules first. My mistake.

Either way i thought this was something people might be interested in hearing. It certainly scares the bejesus out of me. unfortunately most people probably won't hear about this, and continue to buy their product because they're the "best". Although just because this is apple doesn't mean that other companies won't follow suit.

Edited by parliament666 (09/05/12 01:47 PM)

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: parliament666]
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parliament666 said:
yea i didn't realize that's what he was talking about i thought he just meant there was more that i should have posted.


I know, that's why I posted the rules for you. Never too old to learn.


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You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. ~ Adrian Rogers

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: luvdemshrooms]
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Sad to say it but once my contract is up i'm going Android.

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Re: new apple patent can disable camera phones in "sensitive areas" [Re: T-Rex]
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Apple owns the patent.  Apple just won lawsuits based on owning patents so that Samsung could not employ those technologies. Many companies own patents and never use them.  For all you know Apple got the patent so that other companies like Samsung can't use this technology to garnish deals with government agencies and outsell them. 
Also, I'm sure that as soon as word gets out that a phone can do this sales would drop immediately.  Apple knows that.  Come on guys, their business acumen won't be trumped by your conspiracy theories.

Oh, dude, get a smart phone.  They are amazing (mine paid be $700 in the last two months with an App I got).

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