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by rowawey 2204 days ago
This doesn't pass the sniff test.

- Apple doesn't volunteer device unlocking to the government. Why would they help them reach into random people's phones to disable their cameras? This sounds like a pizzagate conspiracy theory.

- Apple patents everything they possibly can, even if they never intend to use it and for a variety of reasons.

- Cell phone jamming would be unsafe.

- Phones with cameras will still take pictures with cell, wifi, and bluetooth turned off.

- There's nothing preventing people from taking pictures using the previous method of whatever was happening, or supposedly happening, and then posting them later.

Something else happened like a stinger MITM blocking certain sites, cell tower issues/overload, or it's a fabrication.