Apple Granted Patent to Disable iPhone Recordings

[smoothoperator]

So some "higher authority" will decide when, where, if we're allowed to use a cell phone?



What's next?

That was my first thought, how many videos are out there where the cops say, "you can't record me" or words to that effect. Now they won't have to say a thing, just activate their app and, presto – change-o, your video recording device is now inoperative.

Only if you're an Apple lemming.

[JJVP]

So some "higher authority" will decide when, where, if we're allowed to use a cell phone?



What's next?

That was my first thought, how many videos are out there where the cops say, "you can't record me" or words to that effect. Now they won't have to say a thing, just activate their app and, presto – change-o, your video recording device is now inoperative.

That only works with a smartphone. It does nothing to a video recorder, remember those?

[snatchel]

I personally don't want anyone interfering with my phone usage.\

[Jaguar]

So some "higher authority" will decide when, where, if we're allowed to use a cell phone?



What's next?

That was my first thought, how many videos are out there where the cops say, "you can't record me" or words to that effect. Now they won't have to say a thing, just activate their app and, presto – change-o, your video recording device is now inoperative.

That only works with a smartphone. It does nothing to a video recorder, remember those?

Yeah, I might even have one around here, somewhere.

My Samsung dumb phone records video, not well, but it does.

[sjfcontrol]

Hmm... Those that want to disable the use of cellphones in moving vehicles forget that there may be people in the car other than the driver that would be affected by those limitations, too.

[Dave2]

Hmm... Those that want to disable the use of cellphones in moving vehicles forget that there may be people in the car other than the driver that would be affected by those limitations, too.

Some of them don't care. The topic comes up on Slashdot from time to time. Someone always mentions this, and a bunch of other people always reply along the lines of, "But this is getting out of hand... We have to do something!" .

(Personally, I think that statement is a load of horsefeathers... No, we don't have to do some thing; we have to do the right thing, or at least not one of plethora of obviously wrong things.)

((Kinda like how I generally dismiss politicians who say, "do it for the children", unless the "it" in question actually is directly related to children (even then, they'll probably still be wrong).))