The brains over in Cupertino seem to have been doing some thinking vis - à - vis security for the iPhone , as an software submitted by Apple to the US patent office display . Given that the iPod ’s comer foretell an epidemic of white - earphone muggings , it is safe to assume that the same thing will happen once masses start clamp the shiny loveliness of the iPhone to their ears in populace .
What are they proposing ? Well , they ’re not giving away a man - mountain bodyguard liberal with every iPhone …
The program , entitled Protecting Electronic Devices from Extended Unauthorised Use , suggests a few style to deter would - be thieves by preventing the iPhone / Pod from recharging once it has been slip . Apparently it ’s all to do with dominance computer code . ( God , not more things for my poor overtax , underpaid brain to remember , eh ? )
So , in the words of the patent , if “ a timer expires , equipment is link up to a power - supplying or another gimmick , equipment is outside a compulsive geographical boundary , ” and then the twist ’s parole is n’t inputted in time , then no major power for the missing iPhone .
As Apple puts it : “ Normal use and use of the equipment can be importantly reduced by incapacitate the recharger . ” And that , they desire , will work as a deterrent to would - be attacker . It ’s a good mind but , as we all experience , everything is eventually hackable . I ’d have gone with the escort strategy , myself .
United States Patent software 0070138999[US Patent & Trademark Office viaInformation Week ]
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