Wednesday, August 24, 2011

New Technology that Can Remotely Disable iPhones from Taking Photos During Riots


We can no longer question the volcanic impact Mobile phones and social networks can make on national security.

The disturbances in the Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, England, Malawi and other countries seem to be leading to new thoughts in technologies that minimize the spread of information about riots and internal uprisings.


A patent that has been filed by Cupertino has the potential to allow governments or police to remotely disable iPhone cameras of demonstrators. If this technology succeeds, demonstrators’ Mobile phone cameras can be remotely stopped from taking and sending pictures of the disturbances and posting them on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. This can, thus, minimize the speed and intensity by which information about the riots and demonstration spread over cyber space. 

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