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I know 2 more use cases that have nothing to do with cinemas or concerts. A past job I held was banking related. Cell phones were not allowed on the call cente

I know 2 more use cases that have nothing to do with cinemas or concerts. A past job I held was banking related. Cell phones were not allowed on the call center floor for fear of employees taking pictures of computer screens with customer data on them. Install a few of these infrared transmitters; problem solved. Employees can still get texts / calls from family members / friends and customer data remains safe. You might need a lot of transmitters to get past the cubical walls, but if it's an investment the company is willing to make and the sensors are cheap enough - why not. 2 - a friend tells me she works for a US government agency and phones are not allowed in her building either. Same reason - to protect sensitive data; but the same, their about to have their first child and it would be important if she was at work and there was an emergency with the baby that she gets a call from whoever in a timely manor. Sure - you could call her office / extension but if she's not at her desk, in the lunch room (their instructed to leave phones in their cars), in a meeting, etc... Most people don't abide by those rules; while I was there, we tried our hardest to enforce it. If IT saw a phone on the floor, we were told to report it; if security saw a phone, they'd have to hold it at the front desk, but people are sneaky - you can't search everyones purse, bag, lunch and you surely can't pat them down. Not with hundreds of employees coming and going all day. This could help fix all of that. As I type this - can add taking pictures of a test in school and cheating. Add a few transmitters to a classroom.

jkot 10y ago
Cell phone != camera. I have $20 dump phone with no camera for exactly this reason. And it lasts 30 days on battery :-) Infrared transmitters will not solve anything. Too easy to hack this with IR filters etc..
- lsiunsuex 10y ago
  Right - but we are talking about Apple and we can assume this is for an iPhone or something else planned. Most people don't want to carry a 2nd phone and have a 2nd line / bill. I think people are really over reacting to this, obviously, as I got a down vote. If it's used in inappropriate places; there will be backlash - ie: a restaurant, a child's recital. But for places with sensitive data or copy-written work - why not.
- Broken_Hippo 10y ago
  But you can use it for notation purposes - fake phone numbers and coded names, etc.
Broken_Hippo 10y ago
My sister worked for a call center for student loans. Not only were cell phones not permitted, but no coats, purses, lunches, and so on were disallowed. Paper use during calls was frowned on, and they had to be thrown away in special trash cans. Any cell phone could be used for notation purposes (fake telephone numbers to record sensitive information), so I doubt this sort of thing would change at all. Schools can combat this. For example, I recently took a couple of tests for Norwegian language (I'm an immigrant, and the test is required after manditory language class). Solution? Purses, coats, etc piled at the front of the room. Visual checks by staff during the test. Computers were checked for use of non-test websites. The friend with a baby on the way could easily have an on-site phone for such a thing. Sure, folks are sneaky, and there are going to be a few that do such things for nefarious reasons. Most will follow rules if there is understandable reason (though many think the rules are silly because they are fairly honest most times). Unfortunately, most don't have such reasons. I can see this implemented a retail distribution center, for example, simply because having a phone on their body is against rules and not part of the job. Retail locations would consider it if it wouldn't negatively affect their customers.

jkot 10y ago

Cell phone != camera. I have $20 dump phone with no camera for exactly this reason. And it lasts 30 days on battery :-) Infrared transmitters will not solve anything. Too easy to hack this with IR filters etc..

lsiunsuex 10y ago
Right - but we are talking about Apple and we can assume this is for an iPhone or something else planned. Most people don't want to carry a 2nd phone and have a 2nd line / bill. I think people are really over reacting to this, obviously, as I got a down vote. If it's used in inappropriate places; there will be backlash - ie: a restaurant, a child's recital. But for places with sensitive data or copy-written work - why not.
Broken_Hippo 10y ago
But you can use it for notation purposes - fake phone numbers and coded names, etc.

Broken_Hippo 10y ago

My sister worked for a call center for student loans. Not only were cell phones not permitted, but no coats, purses, lunches, and so on were disallowed. Paper use during calls was frowned on, and they had to be thrown away in special trash cans. Any cell phone could be used for notation purposes (fake telephone numbers to record sensitive information), so I doubt this sort of thing would change at all. Schools can combat this. For example, I recently took a couple of tests for Norwegian language (I'm an immigrant, and the test is required after manditory language class). Solution? Purses, coats, etc piled at the front of the room. Visual checks by staff during the test. Computers were checked for use of non-test websites. The friend with a baby on the way could easily have an on-site phone for such a thing. Sure, folks are sneaky, and there are going to be a few that do such things for nefarious reasons. Most will follow rules if there is understandable reason (though many think the rules are silly because they are fairly honest most times). Unfortunately, most don't have such reasons. I can see this implemented a retail distribution center, for example, simply because having a phone on their body is against rules and not part of the job. Retail locations would consider it if it wouldn't negatively affect their customers.