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Apple Patents Remote ‘Kill Switch’ for iPhone Cameras
We Meant Well ^ | 10 August 2016

Posted on 08/15/2016 10:59:02 AM PDT by Lorianne

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1 posted on 08/15/2016 10:59:02 AM PDT by Lorianne
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If they ever implement this technology into a new iPhone, no one will buy them..................


2 posted on 08/15/2016 11:01:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Lorianne

Great idea. Lots of people want to be able to go out in public without others taking pictures of them.


3 posted on 08/15/2016 11:01:50 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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If you can see it with your eyes, it should be record-able. PERIOD.

I don’t care if it is a police officer during a traffic stop or a government official taking a bribe, or someone stealing a trump sign from your yard.

Trying to limit the “right to record” is like going back 200 years and forbidding anyone writing a letter or testimony of what they have witnessed in the town square.


4 posted on 08/15/2016 11:02:18 AM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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Can’t you just tape over the IR sensor?


5 posted on 08/15/2016 11:05:42 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Red Badger
If they ever implement this technology into a new iPhone, no one will buy them.

No, the Apple fan bois will buy the latest and newest item with an Apple logo, even if it is a brick.

6 posted on 08/15/2016 11:08:10 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Mr. Douglas

Probably not. It would be incorporated into the optical sensor of the camera..............


7 posted on 08/15/2016 11:08:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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“I don’t care if it is a police officer during a traffic stop or a government official taking a bribe, or someone stealing a trump sign from your yard. “

This is being pushed by the concert artists and movie interests.


8 posted on 08/15/2016 11:11:26 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Lorianne

The gov keeps traffic camera recordings for at least 6 months in the hopes of being able to use it for capturing crimes, not traffic.

I see a lot of cameras pointing into gas stations, like the traffic coming out of there matters.


9 posted on 08/15/2016 11:11:53 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Red Badger

How about an IR blocking filter?


10 posted on 08/15/2016 11:17:50 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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Presently most have IR filters. Removing the filter would impact the image processing capabilities which may be a very expensive task to correct.

Theoretically, installing an IR filter would block the signal.


11 posted on 08/15/2016 11:21:36 AM PDT by TexasGator
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“I see a lot of cameras pointing into gas stations, like the traffic coming out of there matters.”

But then where would we get the videos of the people setting themselves on fire, hijacking and robberies...


12 posted on 08/15/2016 11:22:49 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Tau Food

“Lots of people want to be able to go out in public without others taking pictures of them.”

You mean lots of people who drive cars with flashy lights and who wear badges and bullet proof vests? Those people?


13 posted on 08/15/2016 11:23:15 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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To: Lorianne

I don’t see how they can get away with this?

The user owns the iPhone since the paid for it and not Apple.

This type of stuff will kill the iPhone.


14 posted on 08/15/2016 11:27:36 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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I would include the six year old boy who wants to go to school without being kidnapped. Or the six year old girl at the beach who shouldn't be photographed by pedophiles. Or the person who doesn't want to be in photos that are sold for publication. Lots of people don't want to be photographed without their permission.

Our founding fathers said nothing about any special right to take pictures of other people.

15 posted on 08/15/2016 11:30:16 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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That might work. Would open up a business opportunity for sure.................


16 posted on 08/15/2016 11:35:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

Which is why Apple is no doubt already at work influencing congress to mandate this technology on every camera out there.


17 posted on 08/15/2016 11:37:49 AM PDT by Revel
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“Lots of people don’t want to be photographed without their permission.”

also terrorists on a shooting spree.


18 posted on 08/15/2016 11:39:48 AM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: Lorianne

We can all see how this one plays out.

Android continues to make phones without cameras that can be remotely crippled.

Apple begins losing market share.

Apple and the music industry go to Washington, crying like babies and throwing fistfuls of money around town.

The Feds pass a law and/or regulations requiring ALL phone manufacturers to install this feature.


19 posted on 08/15/2016 11:40:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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There are “shooting sprees” with guns and there are “shooting sprees” with cameras. I don’t want to outlaw guns or cameras, but I want it to remain illegal for people (I don’t object to your calling them terrorists) to point guns or cameras at innocent people without their permission.


20 posted on 08/15/2016 11:44:10 AM PDT by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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