Apple could be opening up a can of iWorms.

Go to any large venue for a concert and you will see a sea of lights. The band is playing a song that has some emotion to it and people breakout their lighters to hold in the air. That's how it used to be. Today, that light has been replaced with cell phone screens lighting up the concert. With camera technology today, people can record their own experience at live shows. Apple has a plan to stop that.

Imagine a system that will send an infrared signal and disable the camera in your iPhone at a concert. Throngs of teenagers with over 1,000 pictures of themselves and their friends on Facebook would be heartbroken. There would be no proof of the time that the lead singer called you up on stage. On the bright side, there would be no proof of you falling off the stage.

I see this idea from both sides. As someone who has filmed live shows, I would make money off of the sale of the DVD. However, the amount of people willing to buy it drops when folks can see all the clips posted on Youtube. If I was in the crowd, of course I'm going to take at least a picture of myself at a concert!

Other thoughts on this technology are:

What if celebrities used this when they are out to eat for a jog? Imagine seeing George Clooney walking toward you, you pull out your cell phone to take a picture and it says "Camera disabled" until he is more than 50ft away from you.

How many cameras does this work on? My DSLR camera has an infrared sensor too.

What if law enforcement used this? What if no one's cameras worked as they lined the streets for the president's inauguration. How about Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in the UK? What if London had that in place so there would be no way to get that moment on your cell phone.

What if ladies could use this device if they feel like a camera is watching them in the bathroom? It would instantly disable any cameras a person my be using.

Our military used night vision goggles. Night vision uses infrared. Think about if one of these devices made it's way into terrorist hands.

What if you try to get video of your baby's first steps and cannot due to a neighbor using this device because he believes aliens and the government are watching him? (Really extreme thought, but you never know.)

With the right dampeners, this could be projected in theaters and thus eliminating a large chunk of movie bootlegging.

Last, but not least... Your remote control uses infrared. Who remembers having to change channels on the TV by walking over to it? Want to mess with a friend/enemy/random person? Park this device by their house.

Even though, this technology has been around for a while in some shape or form, I know Apple will turn out something small, portable and powerful.

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