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Renegade:
Not that you needed 1 more reason to not get an iPhone, but... This really is the final word for anyone that wants their phone to be THEIR phone and doesn't want to be screwed with by some arbitrary silliness.

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=(apple.ASNM.+AND+20120828.PD.)&OS=an/apple+and+isd/8/28/2012&RS=(AN/apple+AND+ISD/20120828)

Now they can shut down any aspect of your phone that they want, at any time, for any reason. Yeah... This will end well...  :-\

Apparatus and methods for enforcement of policies upon a wireless device

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for changing one or more functional or operational aspects of a wireless device, such as upon the occurrence of a certain event. In one embodiment, the event comprises detecting that the wireless device is within range of one or more other devices. In another variant, the event comprises the wireless device associating with a certain access point. In this manner, various aspects of device functionality may be enabled or restricted (device "policies"). This policy enforcement capability is useful for a variety of reasons, including for example to disable noise and/or light emanating from wireless devices (such as at a movie theater), for preventing wireless devices from communicating with other wireless devices (such as in academic settings), and for forcing certain electronic devices to enter "sleep mode" when entering a sensitive area.
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Lots of articles out there on it.

This is so wide open to abuse that it's not even funny.

Stoic Joker:
Gives me a great idea for a Dead Spider virus. Take one infected device broadcasting control codes and walk through a mall, it then completely shuts down any device in range causing it to shrivel up like a dead spider, and only able to broadcast the shutdown control codes it was given. Now you get an exponentially growing circle of Dead Spiders.

Renegade:
Gives me a great idea for a Dead Spider virus. Take one infected device broadcasting control codes and walk through a mall, it then completely shuts down any device in range causing it to shrivel up like a dead spider, and only able to broadcast the shutdown control codes it was given. Now you get an exponentially growing circle of Dead Spiders.
-Stoic Joker (September 04, 2012, 11:57 AM)
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That is evil brilliant evil no brilliant no evil...

Either way, I love it! ;D

40hz:
Hmm...now that "smartphones have replaced rifles" I guess they need to ensure we won't ever have a Russian or Arab Spring here, huh?  :P

Renegade:
Hmm...now that "smartphones have replaced rifles" I guess they need to ensure we won't ever have a Russian or Arab Spring here, huh?  :P
-40hz (September 04, 2012, 12:17 PM)
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Reminds me --- I saw something that made me laugh pretty hard:

George Washington didn't use his first amendment rights to defeat the British. He shot them.

;D

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