ericmortensen:

Apple has apparently filed a patent for software that would sense when iPhone users are trying to use their phone’s camera at live events — and disable it.

The story has been mostly discussed in terms of how this “feature” would benefit promoters and broadcasters by limiting unauthorized videos of live events.

But my first thought was, “If concert promoters can block smartphone cameras, what’s to stop governments from doing the same thing during protests and rallies?”

(via @cairowire)

Omg this shit is like 1984 what.the.fuck.