This should disturb all of us, and is one more indication of the federal government’s interest in controlling what we’re able to record and film. make no mistake–Apple would have no inherent interest in disabling their phones in “sensitive areas.” Only the Fed wants that.
Via International Business Times.
…Apple, Inc., was recently granted a patent enabling the company to wirelessly disable the camera function on specific 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,” PrisonPlanet.com reported.
In this electronic day and age, just about all of us are aware that cellphone-generated video is easy to take and easy to upload to an audience of millions within moments. Most of us have seen the cellphone video of a fight or a confrontation or another impactful incident involving civilians and authorities. It’s a powerful medium that very often offers a point of view not available to the mainstream media – but carried by them, nonetheless.
Read the whole thing, they also have details and a link to the patent itself so you can see where they’re going with this.
This is absolutely disgusting!! Why are we Americans standing for this? We will soon lose our country completely as everyday there are new outrages like this. You’d think other phone companies would NOT do this just to stand apart and say “we don’t restrict you like Apple’s products do.” Instead, this will likely soon become the norm or maybe become a govt requirement through executive order, or the like … and we’ll continue to allow this illegal govt confiscation of our rights of assembly & expression. Makes me feel like – it is so over for the U.S. Otherwise, when will we begin to turn this mess around?
We STARTED to turn things around in Nov 2010; unfortunately, it was just a first step of many more that are still necessary. But then again, we didn’t get into this mess overnight, and we’re certainly not going to get out of it in two, or three, probably not even in four election cycles.
Make no mistake about it, this is gonna be a long, drawn-out slugfest, but I think we’re going to HAVE TO take take all three branches of the government, not just with more Libtards with R’s in front of their names, but those with Tea Party principles.
Just my 2 cents worth.
I remember Apple’s Super Bowl commercial way back when, with that hot chick flinging that sledgehammer into that Orwellian TV screen. (Sigh) How far the mighty have fallen. Well, I think that tears it! I’m not buying a single apple product, and I’m not buying anything from iTunes. Not as long as they’re going for this crap. I’m shooting them an email telling them that, for what very little it’s worth.
Well, isn’t this special. I preordered an iphone and seriously considered cancelling it, but I really want that TalkStreamLive app, so they’ve got me. They better not shut down Tammy, or I will be marching on Washington!
Look, this should surprise no one. Apple has always been as far left as you can go as a company and a workforce. I mean come on it’s Cuppertino. I dealt with this company for 20 years. These are the descendants of the hippies..Remember their early advertising slogans.. “Change..Think different” sound familiar?
Steve Jobs? Screaming liberal…John Scully? ..Ditto
Yea they make great products. I’m not sure as conservatives that we should be supporting them at this point…They are very deep in this administration’s pockets.
Just Tim’s 2 cents
Cheers
Nothing to see here;
* Liberals tend to gravitate to Communism while Democrats through out there
long history has been at Peace and the Author of Racism in America.
* Joe Scarborough can’t help it Tammy, we all know ‘Joe is Slow’.
* We have had pocketsize Cell Phone signal blockers for years now, there called
Jammers ($250). It deadens cell phone tower signals within a certain radius of
the Jammer.
* As a matter of Host Nation Protocol we “Ask” (Pay/Threaten) Host Nations if we
can Deploy ground troops on their soil, or use their Air Space, but in the case
of a US Embassy not near International waters, Diplomacy is Key. Great Job
Hilary “Never in the Kitchen” Clinton.
Done
‘Rock On’ Tammy Bruce!!
I was in the broadband communications business for 25 years before retiring. My interest in the field keeps me attentive to the FCC and related government agencies and their incessant peeling away of our speech rights. This patent is just another in a long line of “little” attacks. Beware of any electronic communication device that depends on “off premise” servers. (that includes cell phones, folks) Not to be overly paranoid, but these “cloud” based systems are ultimately subject to government – and other entity – intrusion and/or manipulation. Although we can’t really “live without” this stuff today we should always be extremely careful about who or what we trust with sensitive material. Sadly, I’m afraid, it’s come to this.