apple patents technology to let cops switch off iphone video, camera and wifi

[bcbm]

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

[Consistent.Surprise]

The Chicago tribune fired all their photographers & now reporters/journalists need to use their camera phones. I guess that move backfired, huh?

Also, I told someone "if the police are now doing it, a hacker has been able to for years"

[cyu]

As long as the NSA installs the right cameras to watch their own buildings, raiding them will soon become a piece of cake ;)

[Red Commissar]

As much as I'd think this is true, is there another source about this? The only thing the article mentions is RT, which sometimes rambles into Alex Jonesesque conspiracy theories.

Not that this isn't beyond their means (and knowing the obvious interest from cops seeing as they often try to stop people from recording their fuck ups), just that I've seen this kind of stuff come up before. I'm not sure about the feasibility of rolling out this kind of technology either.

[bcbm]

As much as I'd think this is true, is there another source about this? The only thing the article mentions is RT, which sometimes rambles into Alex Jonesesque conspiracy theories.

Not that this isn't beyond their means (and knowing the obvious interest from cops seeing as they often try to stop people from recording their fuck ups), just that I've seen this kind of stuff come up before. I'm not sure about the feasibility of rolling out this kind of technology either.

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)

[Ele'ill]

don't have time to read the article right now so don't know if this was mentioned but it also means they have the ability to turn that stuff on, security culture

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

So now the world is becoming more like Watch_Dogs.

......So when do I get my pistol and extendo?

[Os Cangaceiros]

The NSA has welcomed Apple adding fingerprint scanners to their devices, saying it will really add depth to their illegally obtained database of information about you.

The fingerprint scanner introduced by Apple will store your fingerprint on a secure chip inside the device, which as we speak NSA operatives and other covert intelligent services are attempting to hack.

An NSA insider told us, “There are literally hundreds of millions of people out there about whom we have no biometric data – this will change everything.”

“We already know who you call, email and transact with – but now we’ll be able to find you an entirely new way, too!”

“It would be useful if Samsung could develop a nice mobile friendly DNA scanner, that would really complete the set.”

http://newsthump.com/2013/09/12/nsa-delighted-by-people-voluntarily-giving-fingerprints-to-computers/