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

[Steve VanSlyck]

They've had this tech for many years. It was dropped once due to the panicked reaction to the finding that watchers of major league sports were, ahem, mostly asleep. Not a finding likely to enhance advertising revenues.


tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
>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
>
>
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