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In reply to the discussion: Verizon has filed a patent for a DVR that can watch and listen to the goings-on in your living room. [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)18. Not buying one may solve the problem for you, but not for the population as a whole. Is there
any doubt that if it got you reduced rates for TV, plenty of people would go for that deal? And gradually, what was once the exception becomes the norm, & those who resist the shift are gradually excluded from other necessities. The same thing will happen with computers & now that lots of employers/banks mandate that payments must be computerized...there you go.
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Verizon has filed a patent for a DVR that can watch and listen to the goings-on in your living room. [View all]
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
OP
Sounds cool to me. Imagine if we could choose whose living room we got to watch.
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#1
You must not have read the part about how comcast & google already have similar patents.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#71
I sincerely hope that people will eventually get tired of ads in their face all the time
arcane1
Dec 2012
#4
Orwell = prophet. How did he know? I have no doubt they'll 'sell' these to the population with
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#10
towards the end of his life my dear old uncle al was convinced the tv was watching him
dembotoz
Dec 2012
#9
Cover the camera lens with a tiny piece of paper taped into place except when you WANT to use it.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#25
Corporations and the national security state would want it. And who else matters, eh?
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#69
"Comcast patented similar monitoring technology in 2008...Google proposed yet another patent..."
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#70
Not buying one may solve the problem for you, but not for the population as a whole. Is there
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
I know we are outnumbered by the "average" person who will indeed dutifully get one of these things.
dixiegrrrrl
Dec 2012
#34
Imagine the public relations shit-storm, possible criminal charges and law suits...
-..__...
Dec 2012
#32
Some people keep the TV and DVR in their bedroom. I don't think they want a DVR
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#73
If it catches me constantly snoring in front of my TV will I be bombarded with stay-awake remedies?
NBachers
Dec 2012
#81
The joke line was crossed when naturally occurring genomes started getting patented. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#90