https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2012/09/your-iphone-could-be-disabled-during-the-next-protest-you-attend.html
The next time you’re at a concert and you whip out your iPhoneto record the excitement, you may notice it doesn’t work. During the show you keep trying to turn it on but for some reason it just won't light-up.
But miraculously when you go outside when the concert is over, your phone all of a sudden works again. This can happen to you at the next concert you attend or maybe inside the next movie theater you go to.
Apple has received a patent that would allow the company to turn off its mobile devices in areas that are deemed inappropriate for recording or taking pictures. The new technology would also have the ability to shut down communication functions in devices, so people couldn’t text or make phone calls if they’re in areas that are considered sensitive.
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My thoughts? Why does it have to switch the phone off? Why not just move into silent mode? It sounds like there was some other influence on this decision, in order to cut communications from something like a large mob....
