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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012

    If Apple implements ability to wirelessly disable the camera on my iPhone http://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 …) I will stop using an iPhone.

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      2. Tony Arnold‏ @tonyarnold 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral what the hell is going on in fruit company land? What happened to the company that I love? 😥

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @tonyarnold

        @tonyarnold Protip for happiness: don’t give your heart to any multi-billion-dollar publicly-traded corporation :)

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      4. Tony Arnold‏ @tonyarnold 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral they weren’t worth much when I fell in love with them :)

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @tonyarnold

        @tonyarnold Fair enough :-P

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      2. Drew McLellan‏ @drewm 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral On the other hand, if Apple holds the patent but doesn't implement it, no one else can implement it either. Which would be a win.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @drewm

        @drewm This is true. Let’s hope they weren’t being evil in this case.

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      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @craig_grocott

        @CraigGrocott I’m aware that it is a patent, hence my tweet on *if* they implement it. People have been known to implement their patents :)

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      2. Don McAllister‏ @donmcallister 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral That’s an old one?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @donmcallister

        @donmcallister It was filed in 2008, granted last month: http://www.zdnet.com/apple-patent-could-remotely-disable-protesters-phone-cameras-7000003640/ …

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      4. Don McAllister‏ @donmcallister 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Ah! I remembered the big stink about it when it was first filed ;-)

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      1. Break Up PG&E Perini‏ @pcperini 5 Sep 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral On the other hand, Apple could've patented & shelved the idea to keep it out of more malicious hands. You never know.

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      1. H‏ @hdragomir 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral it might have gotten done too late to land in the 5 Scary stuff nonetheless.

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      1. Alastair Houghton‏ @al45tair 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral Isn’t that more likely a feature for corporate customers whose users have locked-down iPhones configured with the profile utility?

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      1. bowlandspoon ツ‏ @bowlandspoon 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral I guess this could include automatically entering airplane mode on a plane or in a hospital etc? Or disabling data in an exam hall.

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      1. Sumit Maitra‏ @sumitkm 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral They filed it a couple of years ago... sounds like it is granted now... how do you know it's not in place already ;-)

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      1. @timd‏ @timdotd 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral I'm beginning to wonder if it's time to start investigating Android more seriously :(

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      1. Dennis DeRien  🎻‏ @indigocat 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral Back to the homebrew culture, I (fore)see :p

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      1. Bundell Carter Jr.‏ @Rxbun 5 Sep 2012
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        @aral That is ultra creepy.

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