{"id":6004,"date":"2016-07-26T00:13:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T00:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2016-06-29T00:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:13:50","slug":"linked-apple-granted-patent-for-way-to-stop-iphones-from-taking-photos-at-concerts-or-sensitive-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/26\/linked-apple-granted-patent-for-way-to-stop-iphones-from-taking-photos-at-concerts-or-sensitive-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Apple granted patent for way to stop iPhones from taking photos at concerts or sensitive locations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4239,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/9to5mac.com\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250717111049\\\/https:\\\/\\\/9to5mac.com\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/28\\\/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 08:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 08:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2016\/06\/28\/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos\/\">via 9to5Mac<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>For example, an infrared emitter can be located in areas where picture or video capture is prohibited, and the emitter can generate infrared signals with encoded data that includes commands to disable the recording functions of devices. An electronic device can then receive the infrared signals, decode the data and temporarily disable the device\u2019s recording function based on the command.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, connected-cameras that send all of your data to Instagram are so convenient that the same technology used to limit what you can photograph is somehow worth it? I\u2019ll stick with my DSLR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via 9to5Mac: For example, an infrared emitter can be located in areas where picture or video capture is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-30T23:55:48Z","apple_news_api_id":"06bf6204-480b-440d-b592-4fed5aae3f6c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-30T23:55:48Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ABr9iBEgLRA21kk_tWq4_bA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1yQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3975,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/10\/21\/linked-were-wiretapping-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":6004,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Linked: \u2026.we&#8217;re wiretapping the world.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"via Le Monde.fr: Amongst the thousands of documents extracted from the NSA by its ex-employee there is a graph which describes the extent of telephone monitoring and tapping (DNR \u2013 Dial Number Recognition) carried out in France. 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