[colug-432] We Are Watching You Act of 2013

[tom]

Hi

Anybody aware of this? Just heard about it on the radio this morning.

http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home.

In short, Microsoft, Verizon and others are proposing TV's, XBoxes, etc 
be manufactured so that they can watch your reaction to content to 
facilitate better advertising.

The act is a joint proposal by a liberal and a conservative. The 
conservative wants people to be notified that they are being watched and 
let the free market deal. If you don't want to be watched in the privacy 
of your own home, don't buy a new TV.

I think the manufacturor's should be required to place a big obvious on 
off switch on the front of the device. Better yet, just out right out 
law it.

Verizon submitted a patent for the technology but has been denied so far.

Tom