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Title: Petition launched asking Apple not to implement patent to remotely disable iPhone camera
Post by: HCK on July 22, 2016, 04:05:19 pm
Petition launched asking Apple not to implement patent to remotely disable iPhone camera

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<p>When covering Apple patents, we do so with the disclaimer that the company patents a huge number of ideas that never make it into products, but one group is taking no chances. A Care2 petition has launched a <a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/687/221/156/***/" target="_blank">petition[/url] asking Apple not to implement a <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/28/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos/" target="_blank">recently-granted patent[/url] that would allow iPhone cameras to be disabled remotely.</p>
<p>While the patent has in mind situations like concerts, where the audience can have their view blocked by a sea of cameraphones, the petition is concerned about the potential for more sinister uses of the technology …</p>
<p> <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/21/apple-patent-disable-iphone-camera-petition/#more-439748" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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