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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:45 PM Oct 2015

Are Restaurant Tablets On The Table Spying On You?

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/11/18/call-kurtis-investigates-are-restaurant-tablets-spying-on-you/

You can order, pay your bill and even play games on tablets some restaurants now have at the table. But one of our viewers, Howard Fergarsky noticed a camera on a tablet and wanted to know if the restaurant is watching him.

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Are Restaurant Tablets On The Table Spying On You? (Original Post) lovuian Oct 2015 OP

next hill2016 Oct 2015 #1

Better squish a carrot onto the camera Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #2

Helluva great idea lovuian Oct 2015 #3

I don't eat in those kind of places. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #4

these are easily broken olddots Oct 2015 #5

Could be primarily market research BadgerKid Nov 2015 #6

I wouldn't know because I would not use one Skittles Nov 2015 #7

hill2016

(1,772 posts)

1. next

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:49 PM

Oct 2015

he'll figure out that the red domes on the ceilings are actually cameras and the restaurant is actually watching him

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

2. Better squish a carrot onto the camera

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:49 PM

Oct 2015

just to be on the safe side.

lovuian

(19,362 posts)

3. Helluva great idea

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:51 PM

Oct 2015

they supposedly have microphones too

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

4. I don't eat in those kind of places.

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:52 PM

Oct 2015

olddots

(10,237 posts)

5. these are easily broken

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 11:55 PM

Oct 2015

BadgerKid

(4,566 posts)

6. Could be primarily market research

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 02:33 AM

Nov 2015

On food and server/service quality. Don't discuss anything you wouldn't say in public. Does this thing come with steaming music?

Skittles

(153,426 posts)

7. I wouldn't know because I would not use one

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Sun Nov 1, 2015, 03:36 AM

Nov 2015

seriously, enough already

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