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Title: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: Bitware on December 12, 2012, 12:09:01 AM
... by some homeless street guy with a sign in New York City spouting it was the work of the devil.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dvr-camera-microphone-target-advertisements-based-recordings-users-014434311.html

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/09/27/smart-appliance-sales-to-reach-45-million-units-an/


Title: Re: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: AndrewBUD on December 12, 2012, 12:11:40 AM
Weird...I hope this makes people nauseous.


Title: Re: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: farlack on December 12, 2012, 12:40:10 AM
So if you break the microphone, do you get no ads  ;D


Title: Re: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: Blazr on December 12, 2012, 12:45:04 AM
Electronics spying on us? Nah (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears), I don't (http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/5/5263/1.html) buy (http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html) it (http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/26/rent-to-own-laptops-used-to-spy-on-people-having-sex-ftc-says/).


Title: Re: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: benjamindees on December 12, 2012, 05:23:02 PM
Ten years ago I lived next door to a Quaker woman who was at Kent State and witnessed the National Guard shooting.  She would walk her dogs, and patrol the neighborhood late at night.  She thought the street lights were spying on her.

http://rt.com/programs/why-care-summary/street-spying-us-cities/


Title: Re: 30 years ago I was warned about appliances spying on me in my home...
Post by: n8rwJeTt8TrrLKPa55eU on December 12, 2012, 08:14:49 PM
All my TVs are made by Samsung, but thankfully they're a few years old and don't have cameras.  If cameras are a standard feature in current and future Samsung TVs...I guess I won't be upgrading ever again :-[

Security Hole in Samsung Smart TVs Could Allow Remote Spying
http://securityledger.com/security-hole-in-samsung-smart-tvs-could-allow-remote-spying/