[Not gonna take it anymore]

Today they're talking advertising but in the future think big, big, government.

1984 is alive and well

[wally_bert]

I guess the PTBs know I watch a lot of ME-TV, TCM, and Dr. Who.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

I have no idea why the apostrophes in the article look so weird.

[gaijin]

Oh, wow.

Later

[FrankR]

Easy solution...never have them ON at the same time.

[eartick]

I bet all it hears during the start of the commercials is F);$;K.

Facebook doesn’t allow that type ads

[The Sons of Liberty]

Your Phone Is Listening—Literally Listening—to Your TV

And if you have a "smart TV" it could be watching you.

http://www.clarkhoward.com/your-smart-tv-spying-you

[moovova]

Well, I hope they pick up on the fact that EVERY TIME a commercial comes on, I mute the TV and pickup my phone to surf the interwebz. As I recline comfortably on the sofa, both the remote and phone rests on my chest. Often, the cat squeezes in...

[basil]

Does this hold true for my “dumb” phone—an older flip phone? Does anybody know?

The only thing I use the phone for is to make and receive calls, usually within our large family.

[CincyRichieRich]

No cable, no DTV; family talks to each other. Silence is kinda nice, lower stress.

Internet is all you need. Yes, you will survive.

[kjam22]

My TV spends quite a bit of time watching videos that are streamed from the phone to the apple TV and then through the TV. So the phone is listening to itself? A person can spend a lifetime watching “obammy is the antichrist” and this is the end of the world videos on youtube.

[blam]

I just bought a smart Vizio TV which is reputed to be spying on you. It has an ‘opt out’ feature which I engaged. I still don’t trust it though.

[BobL]

They haven’t seen my (flip) phone, I guess.

[two23]

Just assume that any new devices in your home (especially ones with mics) are listening.
I unpack laptop from factory box, and put tape over the built in web cam.
Then disable the mic in the settings.
No TV. No Smartphone, No FB, No Google.

[equaviator]

Call Any Vegetable

(excerpt)

Call any vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Call it by name
(Call any vegetable)
Call one today
(Call any vegetable)
When you get off the train
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
Ooooh! The vegetable
Will respond to you

(Some people don’t go for prunes . . . I dunno . . . I’ve always found that if they . . . )

Call any vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Pick up your phone
(Call any vegetable)
Think of a vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Lonely at home
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you-hoooo

[Buckeye McFrog]

Used foil chip bags are your friend.

[GingisK]

I have a dumb phone issued by “Common Cents”. It doesn’t support anything weird.

[SaraJohnson]

This is sick.

[baltiless]

I haven’t watched television since April. Cancelled cable and watch exclusively Netflix now. I don’t miss it at all, and it’s stuff like this that makes me a little extra happy that I stopped watching TV proper.

[null and void]

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[Lazamataz]

Well that's a shame. My TV is 99% of the time OFF.

Not sure why I bought a big honkin' 60 incher.