Wtf Apple!

[EK WAFFLR]

I don't know if this is a reliable source, but if it is, wtf.

http://news.techeye.net/security/apple-patents-tech-to-let-cops-switch-off-iphone-video-camera-and-wi-fi

[Doktor Howl]

I don't know if this is a reliable source, but if it is, wtf.

http://news.techeye.net/security/apple-patents-tech-to-let-cops-switch-off-iphone-video-camera-and-wi-fi

This has been mentioned before.  As I recall, it's legit.  Apple was pretty much bragging about it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Yeah, of all the times I've heard people say that Apple is evil, this is the one time when I can't disagree. I won't buy a single Apple product, ever again, if they actually implement this.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Fucking *SHUDDERS*

[Doktor Howl]

Yeah, of all the times I've heard people say that Apple is evil, this is the one time when I can't disagree. I won't buy a single Apple product, ever again, if they actually implement this.

Yeah, I'm having my laptop done into Windows 7.

Fuck this noise.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Yeah, of all the times I've heard people say that Apple is evil, this is the one time when I can't disagree. I won't buy a single Apple product, ever again, if they actually implement this.

Yeah, I'm having my laptop done into Windows 7.

Fuck this noise.

Ah, it CAN be done.

Mine shit the bed and I found one with Windows 7 at the pawn shop. 

[Doktor Howl]

Yeah, of all the times I've heard people say that Apple is evil, this is the one time when I can't disagree. I won't buy a single Apple product, ever again, if they actually implement this.

Yeah, I'm having my laptop done into Windows 7.

Fuck this noise.

Ah, it CAN be done.

Mine shit the bed and I found one with Windows 7 at the pawn shop. 

Yeah, some glorious neckbeards wrote driver patches.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm going to wait and see what they do with it. Companies patent things they don't actually intend to use all the time.

[Golden Applesauce]

It's possible - if unlikely - that the patent will only be used to sue for infringement if anyone actually does implement a cops turn off your cameras switch.

I couldn't keep a straight face while typing that.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's possible - if unlikely - that the patent will only be used to sue for infringement if anyone actually does implement a cops turn off your cameras switch.

I couldn't keep a straight face while typing that.

It is possible, this is true.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's also perfectly possible that they patented it simply because they could. Like I said, businesses do it all the time.

[Doktor Howl]

It is also perfectly possible that Grampus the Friendly Tapeworm will waltz out of my ass singing showtunes.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

it's obligatory in a thread like this.

[GrannySmith]

it's obligatory in a thread like this.

yup, as annoying as it can sometimes be, i too use linux. But ubuntu, for that windows look 

[P3nT4gR4m]

Doesn't concern me in the slightest. Apple users are, by definition, docile, conditioned drones who are unlikely to want to take videos that might get them in trouble in the first place. Let's face it, anyone who's susceptible enough to propaganda to hand over money for a shiny piece of i-Shit is toeing the party line already.