Bye bye candid camera phones says HP

Hewlett Packard appears to be filing a patent designed to automatically
block people's photos from being taken by nearby digital cameras like
those in cell phones:
http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01...de-people.html

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If it works for speed cameras, they will make a mint from it!

On 29 Jan 2005 13:17:52 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>Hewlett Packard appears to be filing a patent designed to automatically
>block people's photos from being taken by nearby digital cameras like
>those in cell phones:
>http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01...de-people.html

[email protected] wrote:

> Hewlett Packard appears to be filing a patent designed to automatically
> block people's photos from being taken by nearby digital cameras like
> those in cell phones:
> http://glikglik.blogspot.com/2005/01...de-people.html

Sounds like a solution where the camera is supposed to cooperate.
Probably useless in practise.

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Johan Wevers wrote:
> Sounds like a solution where the camera is supposed to cooperate.
> Probably useless in practise.
>

Yeh, I can't see how it would effectively work.


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Simon VK3XEM wrote:

>> Sounds like a solution where the camera is supposed
>> to cooperate. Probably useless in practise.

> Yeh, I can't see how it would effectively work.

In some environments, it might work. Imagine a sign at the entrance of
the (whatever the press is interested in) location:

"Photographers please have your equipment ready for inspection. Cameras
that do not comply with HP privacy standard not permitted inside".

"Greg N." wrote:

>In some environments, it might work. Imagine a sign at the entrance of
>the (whatever the press is interested in) location:

>"Photographers please have your equipment ready for inspection. Cameras
>that do not comply with HP privacy standard not permitted inside".

I doubt it. Even the hysteric reactions from certain corporate types on
camera phones in general are starting to weaken.

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Johan Wevers wrote:

> Even the hysteric reactions from certain corporate types on
> camera phones in general are starting to weaken.
>

This is not a simple yes or no situation. I have sympathy with
corporate skepticism concerning cameras in *some* environments. That
same corporate types might *love* some publicity though, if they could
only control it.

"Hey, we could use some public attention. Let's get the press folks in
here, but only those with an HP privacy compliant camera".

Johan Wevers wrote:

> Sounds like a solution where the camera is supposed to cooperate.
> Probably useless in practise.

For some, it may turn out to be a win-win situation.

For the media, the HP privacy standard might open doors that heretofore
used to be closed.

For interested parties, it might allow some useful publicity where it
used to be too risky.

Greg N. wrote:
> Johan Wevers wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a solution where the camera is supposed to cooperate.
>> Probably useless in practise.
>
>
> For some, it may turn out to be a win-win situation.
>
> For the media, the HP privacy standard might open doors that heretofore
> used to be closed.
>
> For interested parties, it might allow some useful publicity where it
> used to be too risky.

Yeh, but it will only work with co-operation of *EVERYONE* and I can't
see that happening!


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