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Posted on 05/24/2014 8:17:57 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
It hardly gets more Orwellian than this. New technology would allow cable companies to peer directly into television watchers’ homes and monitor viewing habits and reactions to product advertisements.
The technology would come via the cable box, and at least one lawmaker on Capitol Hill is standing in opposition.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
not ony does big brother watch you, you pay him to. cable-free in my house.
Hopefully if this starts, a list of the cable boxes so afflicted will be on the net in no time. I have no trouble opening the thing up.
At least one lawmaker stands in opposition?
One?
It’s token opposition to make them look legitimate.
PING!
People are so damned stupid! I’ve been saying this since 1991 when I first heard about it. And this reporter thinks she broke a big story.
There is no such thing as privacy. And they can put anything they want on your computer or on your phone. I was just telling my wife over dinner that the feds could put a message on my cell phone from the terrorist Al Jaaba Ben Hubba Bubba. Then they go to the local cops and tell them to go get me. While I’m eating my hamburger a bunch of fat cops burst in and arrest me and haul me off. I’m never heard from again. Don’t think it hasn’t happened and won’t happen.
Everyone in this country should be watching PERSON OF INTEREST instead of AMERICAN IDOL. Everything, plus more, on that show is being done. I’m not sure if it’s because they want us to know or if someone is leaking the information. Either way, “You are being watched.”
>> New technology would allow cable companies to peer directly into television watchers’ home
The writer meant “enable”, not “allow”.
We’re about to kill the cable box, too. But we’ll keep the internet which means they’ll be watching my through my computer.
And people on here think it’s funny. The old “If you’re not doing anything wrong” crowd is the biggest threat to liberty.
Getting that info from the cable boxes is way more accurate than them mailing out surveys.
For those who this bothers them there is always clear tv
What is wrong with these people?
Ok I would love to get rid of Comcast and get rid of its cable too expensive for a few channel I see. I know to view my favorite shows I can stream Netflix or Amazon or whatever, but how about if you want your local news. What would I need to do?
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They are just your average collectivist control freaks. That’s all.
Another thing. I’m about to become a “truther”. I’m not saying the government did it. But I believe they knew it was coming. They knew about the Boston Marathon bombers. Putin said that Russia had told us about them. But the powers allowed them to act. Why? So they can take away more freedoms. Nothing happens that they don’t know about in advance.
I wonder about these guys with “mental problems” who go on shooting sprees. Are they controlled by the government? A switch is flipped and off they go? And then more gun control laws are pushed.
They believe a Utopia is possible. But to acheive it lots of “irrelevant” people will have to be eliminated.
And don’t tell me to get tinfoil. This stuff is for real.
“...but how about if you want your local news. What would I need to do?”
You can get local news over the air but you might need a converter if you have an old TV set.
There is an Antenna that will bring in local channels.
Best buy or radio shack will have it, there is also a web site to order one!
This article is a year old. Why are you posting it now?
Rabbit ears. I’m in an apartment and get about half a dozen local stations; a rooftop antenna would get more. Also, most TV stations stream their newscasts live.
http://www.tvantennaplans.com/
Or you can buy one at Radio Shack. I’m about to go that route. Plus, it will be in true HD.
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