Let me preface this by stating that this was on rt.com. I usually trust them as far as I can sling a piano. They break some amazing stories, but they are usually so excited about being "do gooders" that they forget to fully check their facts.
Apple has patented a technology that will allow government officials, businesses, covert operations, etc. to create an invisible "no video zone". They will use GPS, WiFi, and other means to create a virtual fence. Once someone crosses into the restricted area their cameras and recording equipment will be disabled. This could be a way for them to say "thank you" the the US government that allowed them to win a ridiculous patent lawsuit against Samsung.
Here is the wording from the actual patent:
Apparatus and methods for changing one or more functional or operational aspects of a wireless device, such as upon the occurrence of a certain event. In one embodiment, the event comprises detecting that the wireless device is within range of one or more other devices. In another variant, the event comprises the wireless device associating with a certain access point. In this manner, various aspects of device functionality may be enabled or restricted (device "policies"). This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for 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.
This will help keep all those pesky police brutality videos and photos off the internet. For now, this only works on Apple devices, but I wouldn't put it past the government to attempt to create total blackout areas (it will just be easier to silence users with Apple devices).
I'll post a link to the patent as soon as I find it. RT.com did not link to it (annoying bastards). The bottom line is this: Do not buy an Apple. It saddens me to see a giant like Apple do this to the consumers.
EDIT: Link to the patent (Thanks Craig)
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posted 8 months 2 weeks ago1984. Kind of funny how Apple in the beginning was acting like an uprising against Big Brother, and now they want to be Big Brother, you always become the enemy in the end, unless you realize you are giant cock-fag and stop being an asshole.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoTotally agree. But I am a bit afraid google is doing the same thing. On one side they were screaming about bad pipa and sopa things but If I understood correctly google and other companies freely joined seecret meetings about acta and similiar shit.
I am afraid of one thing. Today people are getting brainwashed really really slowly and many shit is done behind the curtains so there's a little chnce that in the end Big brother will be the good one. This is really shitty situation because today there are many many people who already dont give a shit about their privacy. They think that it cant do a harm to them, but do not realize it is not current situation that is dangerous but the progress in which their privacy is slowly reduced in small steps and they are accomodated to this progress. Today it is their contact list on facebook but tomorrow it can be their whole life. the other thing is their mental freedom that is being reduced. Its not about prohibiting thinngs in freedom, but reducing their options. If you prohibit something, people will fight for it, but if you erase that thing , people cannot fight for somethnig they do not know about.
Sorry for my English, I hope my words were understandable :)
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agowhat the fuck you were serious? Imma buy a WP8 device or stick with them old camera phones
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoStory after story about Apple, I've learned that if it's got something to deal with Apple, it must be bad.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI want to post something good about Apple... I really do... but what?
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI dont think this is all about apple. I think apple is just one of the asslickers out there doing business with companies/people/governments/whoknows who need such technology. It is more about the situation and era in which are we living. Freedom is for certain people and their business a bit unpleasant thing you know... riots and things are really dangerous for them so they try to prevent their fall.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoPlease don't, ever.
I will not be content until Apple is pushed to the bottom of the pile and companies like HTC and Samsung rule.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoYet again, Apple does something to return the favor to the government in an attempt to control us. Something is telling me that the patent is legit and Apple is going to use their award money from the Samsung case to create R&D for it. If it's a small team that will be working on that patent, the billion dollars should be enough to do it.
Expect it to be embedded into iOS within 6 months.
Word for the weary, ditch your Apple products and build a custom PC and get an android. XDA is great for hacking each device. They have some easy instructions and how-to guides. Im probably going to get around to selling my iOS devices before this happens. DONE WITH APPLE.
Glad to have been an Android user with custom firmware. Cant blackout something that isnt a normal device. Different strings in the coding, different system software, process threading. Did i mention its overclocked to 1.4Ghz and has a 10 day battery life on a stock battery? Yeah... Im sticking with my HTC.
Its hard to stop something from working when you mod it.
Well my rant is over. Anyone else want to add to it? :P
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agohttp://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=36&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=(20120828.PD.+AND+Apple.ASNM.)&OS=ISD/20120828+AND+AN/Apple&RS=(ISD/20120828+AND+AN/Apple)Link to the patent.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoOoooo apple and their pattents.....
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoTime to riot at Apple HQ
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posted 8 months 2 weeks ago+1
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoLets dump a bunch of cow dung in front of their HQ
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoQuick! Break out the VHS recorder!
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI'm wondering where you got that it says it's for riots and whatnot. The patent references movies theatres and schools as scenarios to use it. Which actually does make sense. I've been to a movie theatre and just wanted to slap the taste so far out this guy's mouth he'd never get it back because he was constantly pulling out his at least 4.0" phone looking at something that had mostly white on the screen. The school scenario also makes sense, the amount that kids text in class is certainly out of control.
If Apple can tell schools "Use our hardware and we can stop kids from texting in your classes." They'll be more likely to go with Apple and it'll make Apple more money.
I'm not condoning it, I don't like it either, but all this fear mongering is silly. Do you guys really think Apple is in bed with the U.S. government to disable us from recording police activity in public? Let's not pull out our tin foil hats just yet, folks.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoHey Tek Syndicate its Savatron and i worked at the International Spy Shop in San Francisco and the tech for a no video zone already is out there, so once again apple is saying they are inventing something that has already been invented back in the late 80's and the "signal jammer" is not legally to the public so apple would not make much money seeing as they will only be making it for the U.S. Government and or maybe law enforcement only.
and yes RH00D Apple is in bed with the U.S. government to disable us from recording police activity in public.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI think both sides are starting to show here. To clarify, im talking about Apple and the US government.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoSavatron, you must have well documented sources to back up that claim.
Please, share them with me.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoDo you think the Patriot Act was designed to serve and protect us? While this tech might be used for good... what am I saying, it won't.
You probably have the most positive outlook on the site... and that is an OK thing. I consider myself a dreamer but I also understand the reality of what is going on in the world. Power corrupts...
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI agree
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoLogan, well, I do agree it can easily be abused and probably will. I just don't think Apple and the government worked together to come up with this idea for sole purpose of evil intentions. I think it's just something Apple came up with on their own for legitmate uses, and then someone like the government will come along, see an oppurtunity and abuse it.
For example, you wouldn't really say the inventor of the knife created a murder weapon, even though it can be used for that purpose.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoRH00D : " I think it's just something Apple came up with on their own"
lol dude apple did not in any way "came up with on their own" jammers, it is tech that has already been invented, i will say that they may be making an updated version but they did not "came up with on their own"
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agotechinicaly the patent doesnt apply to "signal jamming", more a wifi/3G signal/command that can be brodcast in an area that when picked up by the device dissables functionality (cammera, calls, screen, speaker) signal jamming would only stop people uploading dirrectly to a cloud/youtube not to internal memory.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoRussia is the light of the world. If there's a ww3 I'll defect to Russia.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoWhat makes you think that if there is a third World War that there will be a Russia left once all the missles either reach their intended targets or some group of smaller satellite countries don't dismantle the sleeping Siberian Tiger before it bites back?
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoThe Rus got Tesla scalar shields that protects them from incoming missiles.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoRussians got vodka and fucknig cold weather that protects them from everything! Even Hittler and Napoleon didnt get there :D
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI'm sure if they try to block android or other said devices people will figure out a way around said technology
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoAt : RH00D
google it and check out http://www.internationalspyshop.com/ also call the store and talk to max and ask about "RFsignal jammer" and "video jammers" i can not post any sources about this duto a contract i singed when i was hired.
and what dose willy wonka have any thing to do with this ???
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoYou can already jam cell phone signals quite easily, but not legally of course. The fact this would disable the device from doing any amount of things screams 1984.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agothank you CaptainPancakes for knowing :)
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoWhy would one tech company want to patent a piece of tech that'll help out law enforcements? This is just child play
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoBecause it would allow them to get in bed with the law makers and ask for there product's to never get banned in return for control/manipulation of there devices.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoI knew this was comming !! Thank God i get rid of my iphone like 3 versions ago!!
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoztrain's already done this
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agohey look
http://www.infostream.biz/
ALREADY INVENTED
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agodifferent thing, that auctually blocks the signal (like a wall around your house, house being your phone and wall being the signal blocker) apple are taking a signal and using it to shut down parts of the phone (bit like someone inside the house turning off your eletric to the kitchen for example if they want you to stop cooking or the WI-FI reciever if they dont want you to connect to a network.)
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoThese things are getting out of hand. I hope it's just a phase because of the older generation that runs this hera-derp shitstorm, and in which sooner or later they'll die out. But this gives me another reason to build me a pair of Adam Jensen arms, put on a sick pair of shades, and go about my own business.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agothe older generation is having a shitstorm but also most of the younger generation dose not know there ass from a hole in the ground let alone anything tech, it is sad yo lol
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoWell either way this might consider people, and I'm not against buying their stuff, not to buy Apple products in the future, ever. Apple is going too far with the patenting ideas. I just hope whoever discovered signal jamming gets up and sues them as a warning. They (Apple) may have alot of money, especially that Samsung has to pay the billion, and I bet they won't even give a shit if they get sued otherwise.
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoWho did they steal this Idea from?
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posted 8 months 2 weeks agoJust one thing to say.... time to switch back to good old analog photography :)
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posted 8 months 1 week agoThis among other bullshit that Apple has been pulling has made me decide to ditch my iPhone and I'm going to get a Samsung Galaxy S3... no need to support this behavoir.