Even non-photoshoot excursions become shoots with us!
(8.7.2015)
The leading computer company plans to build a system that will sense when people are trying to video live events — and turn off their cameras.
A patent application filed by Apple revealed how the technology would work.
If an iPhone were held up and used to film during a concert infra-red sensors would detect it.
These sensors would then contact the iPhone and automatically disable its camera function.
People would still be able to send text messages and make calls.
The new technology is seen as an attempt to protect the interests of event organisers and broadcasters who have exclusive rights to concerts.
I’m calling shenanigans on this story. I don’t think they would do this or that it’s even technologically possible.
What is preventing someone from using the same tech to ban filming of anything. Getting into reverse Big Brother, like stopping people from filming police brutality.
Update: The patent appears to be real, but as Brian Papa points out, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will ever make its way into a product.
