Apple patents mobile camera that other people can shut off

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Apple patents mobile camera that other people can shut off

An Apple patent describes a system for allowing venue owners to override compliant cameras. The patent describes using an infrared signal that compliant cameras would detect; in the presence of thi…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/16/apple-patents-mobile.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag

This is part of an increasing trend to designing hardware and software that allows remote parties to override the instructions of the owners and users of devices. This trend, coupled with the increasing degree to which devices are privy to our secrets, our sensitive information, and even our biological functions, worries me an awful lot.

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