Posted on 02/18/2009 12:25:21 AM PST by restornu
Could have been worse, the monk could have been forced to drink Budweiser.
(shudder)
Quix but it seems it is not true
You may have heard that a converter bot has a small camera and/or mic inside so the goverment can spy on you. This is false, ever care to take one apart? I did mine to show you all that is in there is basic curcits that make the darn thing work. Bleave me, I take apart electronics all the time I know what mics and mini camreas look like. Anyway your converter box is a reciver not a transmitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUi3sA1gdfI
The video is bogus.
My observations:
1. It appears the camera is mounted onto a transformer. I’m not an engineer, but I would imagine putting a sensor so close to a transformer would not be a good idea.
2. There appears to be no ‘window’ for the camera to see through. When he removes the front facia, you can clearly see a round “window” in front of the IR sensor. I could not see one where the camera was.
Converter boxes have no way to transmit a signal
but why is that you ask? a converter box hooks up to your antenna. you might have rabbit ears, you might have a larger antenna on the side of your house, which in my experiences works ALOT better. those setups are the only ones in which you actually need a converter box.
antennas work GREAT in picking up a signal, but it is not physically possible for them to TRANSMIT a signal without MAJOR altercations, meaning they can read, but not write. even if they have a camera and mic, who would they send that info to? i see they didnt find a Wifi card in there, which would be the ONLY way to get the video from the box.
Quote from the site: “Finally a conspiracy I could test myself! I just took apart the same exact model ,also purchased from walmart, and there was NO camera or microphone. So let me be the first to say, HOAX!!!”
(You see, it is very important for me — Laz, a paid government stooge — to lull you back to sleep.)
What are you saying I just posted it was not true
Anyway your converter box is a reciver not a transmitter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2188148/posts?page=163#163
You get paid by the government for stooging? Where do I sign up?
These guys are in HR:
Thanks, Laz. This is WAY better than drinking pee.
Trust me, there are about as many white males in HR departments, as there are white running backs in the NFL.
Our son’s old cell phone once “malfunctioned.” When we would call him we could hear everything he was saying, though he didn’t realize that his phone was broadcasting because it didn’t ring. Handy function, eh?
The masses worry more about who’s winning American Idle then what’s happening to the country. I don’t see it turning around.
i THINK it’s more than plausible.
There was a FREEPER several years ago with the occupation and skills who was going to check into it personally and get back to us. Never heard from him again. Curious.
I have a theory . . . that the great novels . . . 1984 etc. were written by globalists in the know . . . and/or ex- such . . . who felt they could get away with warning through novels . . . not that anyone paid sufficient attention, of course . . .
Then there’s Logan’s Run . . .
Glad to hear that. Comforting. To a point! LOL.
Though the new Apple tech of every monitor screen being a huge camera is not so comforting.
Glad to hear it.
Certainly an area of my ignorance.
We HAVE HAD
multiple FREEPERS insist that the rumors that cell phones can transmit conversations WHEN OFF
ARE TRUE.
That the only way to neutralize that is by taking the battery out.
Any additional confirmations?
Far tooooo sadly true.
Though I think we must do what we can.
AT this point, I think one has to shift to personal prep and family prep and fitting networking.
Someone got too drunk on tequila and passed out playing Risk.
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