Celebrities hounded by paparazzi may at last be able to emerge from behind their dark glasses without trepidation, reports the UK Times Online via Idéespresse.
By wearing a specially designed electronic badge that jams electronic cameras, they will be able to prevent photographers from taking unwanted pictures.
The “privacy protection system” being developed by Hewlett-Packard will allow the publicity-shy totransmit an infrared signal to any nearby compatible camera. Once activated, the camera’s software will automatically blur beyond recognition the face of anybody wearing the badge.
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@ 01:23
Paprazzi pictures foiled by new badge
I am going to add this story to the, I will believe it when I see it category. “The √¨privacy…
@ 10:01
I’m not sure I understand the incentive paparazzi have to buy cameras with this feature. Given the choice between a camera that won’t take a picture of the camera-shy and one that will, why would they pick the former?