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Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 70805" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><span style="color: #ffff00"><span style="font-size: 15px">I heard about this many years ago. The friend of a family member worked for a big Cable Company in California. She accidentally saw a Memo about cameras being in Cable Boxes to spy on people. It scared the **** out of her, and she quit her job. Now here's the proof.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home" target="_blank">Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">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.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The technology would come via the cable box, and at least one lawmaker on Capitol Hill is standing in opposition.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Mass. Democratic </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/michael-capuano/" target="_blank">Rep. Michael Capuano</a> <span style="color: #ccffcc"> has introduced a bill, the</span> <a href="http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home" target="_blank">We Are Watching You Act</a><span style="color: #ccffcc">, to prohibit the technology on boxes and collection of information absent consumer permission. The bill would also require companies that do use the data to show “we are watching you” messages on the screen and to explain just what kinds of information is being captured and for what reasons, AdWeek reported.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The technology includes cameras and microphones that are installed on DVRs or cable boxes and analyzes viewers’ responses, behaviors and statements to various ads — and then provides advertisements that are targeted to the particular household.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Specifically, the technology can monitor sleeping, eating, exercising, reading and more, AdWeek reported.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“This may sound preposterous, but it’s neither a joke nor an exaggeration,” said </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/michael-capuano/" target="_blank">Mr. Capuano</a> <span style="color: #ccffcc"> in a statement, AdWeek reported. “These DVRs would essentially observe consumers as they watch television as a way to super-target ads. It is an incredible invasion of privacy.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 70805, member: 2770"] [COLOR=#ffff00][SIZE=4]I heard about this many years ago. The friend of a family member worked for a big Cable Company in California. She accidentally saw a Memo about cameras being in Cable Boxes to spy on people. It scared the **** out of her, and she quit her job. Now here's the proof.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home']Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ccffcc]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.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The technology would come via the cable box, and at least one lawmaker on Capitol Hill is standing in opposition.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Mass. Democratic [/COLOR][URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/michael-capuano/']Rep. Michael Capuano[/URL] [COLOR=#ccffcc] has introduced a bill, the[/COLOR] [URL='http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home']We Are Watching You Act[/URL][COLOR=#ccffcc], to prohibit the technology on boxes and collection of information absent consumer permission. The bill would also require companies that do use the data to show “we are watching you” messages on the screen and to explain just what kinds of information is being captured and for what reasons, AdWeek reported.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The technology includes cameras and microphones that are installed on DVRs or cable boxes and analyzes viewers’ responses, behaviors and statements to various ads — and then provides advertisements that are targeted to the particular household.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Specifically, the technology can monitor sleeping, eating, exercising, reading and more, AdWeek reported.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“This may sound preposterous, but it’s neither a joke nor an exaggeration,” said [/COLOR][URL='http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/michael-capuano/']Mr. Capuano[/URL] [COLOR=#ccffcc] in a statement, AdWeek reported. “These DVRs would essentially observe consumers as they watch television as a way to super-target ads. It is an incredible invasion of privacy.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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