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13 commentsFriday, June 13, 2008
Microsoft Sets Up Digital Manners Police
Patent App details device disabling technology
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12 Comments
but why not?
if provided as a service you can control yourself, I think it may work. I would have used the service in school to turn off the ringer on my phone during class.
but I want to be able to control whether I participate or not. Simple.
However, if its enforced mandatorily it will find little respect.
I Like it-
Sure, just an idea eh....but long due.
There are probably alot of non-intrusive applications for this too !
I'm even for a municipality to regulate speed limits in say school & hospital zones with teckno like this....
well I think it is
well I think it is stupid to stuff around with other people’s rights, soon if you swear they will fine you. Where does this stop???
We will have to find a way to Jam the jammers!
PS phone are annoying in a restaurant, so is loud customers and children what are they going to do next?? mute them??
Microsoft would be better off spending a bit more of their money on trying to sort out Vista and stop people going back to XP and they only do cause there is nothing else???
I'm for it!
"stuff around with other people's rights" - yeah kinda like that idiot who leaves his phone on when I paid good money to see the movie?
Agreed it shouldn't go over the top. But while there is little we can do but ask people with unrully children to leave the restaurant, we can at least stop their phones from ringing.
People in general have no manners. Slap a sign on the doorway that says - "your mobile devices will cease to function beyond this point." If they enter, they give up that right.
Besidies, I know of 1 or 2 establishements that actually put in phone jammers so that people wouldn't be bothered with a ringing phone. A great idea I say.
I oppose anything that
I oppose anything that replaces common sense and courtesy with intrusive electronic radio waves. The potential for abuse far outweighs the petty problems it is claiming to solve. Has society come to a point where we must be forced to act politely? And don't we have bigger problems to solve than forcing some jerk's phone to vibrate at the movies?
ringer free
i agree with all the points - wonderful for the bad guy to make sure in the comission of any crime - terror or simple break-in - to make sure no one can call out - but here is one..
I see it now - ahhh a ring free zone... just hope your emergency room doctor is not out to dinner or seeing a movie.. or hope your first responder, or fireman, or anyone else who provides life saving services did not decide to go to somewhere that has one of these lovely devices... while you are dying on an operating table, in a disaster needing immediate help, or watching your home burn down... etc
there are a million reasons that this is a bad idea... just wanted to add some more...
thanks!
microsoft setting up digital police
Oh Boy...
Terrorist comes in, other terrorist is on the laptop disabling all phones, etc in the building....
imagine this technology in the wrong hands, scarey!
Good Idea?
I think this is a good idea...and should be left at that...as an idea. The thought of someone enforcing what I do or do not do is a blatent violation of my personal rights. If I am in a theatre and someones cell rings - oh well, it happens; some people are just dim-wits and no amount of digital enforcment is going to make them go away. Why not apply this technology to the highways and govern speed? Save lives and fuel. Now that's a good idea!
We Don't Need MS
Why on earth is everybody still using Microsoft products anyway? I wouldn't worry too much because a lot of manufacturers are switching to Linux as the OS on these devices anyway. Linux is more stable, secure and flexible than anything that can come out of the propriatary world and it doesn't cost a dime to use. Microsoft and propriatary software is on the way out. Don't worry, be happy. You can make the switch to Linux as well. Go to linux.org for more info.
If regulated, a good idea
If a business owner had to prove they owned the business, giving them a "token" to disable ringers, cameras, etc would be a good thing. Now the business could offer "ringer free dining", 'ringer free movie viewing", etc. Secure financial institutions could be more secure, knowing cameras are disabled.
Now, restaurants have to post signs saying "please turn off your ringer", which most people ignore. This technology would put the decision back in the hands of the people who own the business you are in. If you don't like the policy, go elsewhere (if you can find an establishment that wants to hear your phone play rap music as a ringtone)
I can just imagine the bad
I don't think so..
I REALLY do not think that a bank would rely on cell-phone cameras for their security system, or that they would put a DMP override on their dedicated line to the police station, but heck, give it a try.
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