While covering topics like Apple Patents, we make sure to put a disclaimer that the patents of the company has huge round of ideas, but that never come in the original products. But some people are there who are taking no chance. Like care 2 Petition is a team who gave a petition to Apple on not to implement a freshly granted patent that would disable iPhone cameras in a remote manner.

While the patents has considered some situations and scenarios like concerts, where audiences have their view to the stages blocked due to phones. On the other hand, the petition is more sinister about the use of the technology.

The petition makers show an example to Apple, saying that while walking down a street if you find police officers hitting a woman. They exhibit dreadful use of force and force the woman to the ground. Another officer puts his knees behind her back. And you might feel concerned and raise your voice against the odds. You take out the iPhone and record the incident. In such an instance, will you like your phone to be remotely shut off?

This situation is a perfect way to bring the camera into concern both for technological and legal reasons. The tech used is based on infrared data. it is practical way to transmit signals in the indoor environment equipped with powerful emitters, but it is far less practical in the open air with portable infrared lamps.

And if they were feasible, Apple’s record to stand up to law enforcement might have ever permitted such usage. The argument continues saying that if ever implemented, government could compel Apple to handover its control to the law agencies.

However, Care 2 Petition is not a body to show concerns. Rather ACLU and EFF outline this scenario and describe it as a threat against free distribution of information.