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

Steve VanSlyck s.vanslyck at spamcop.net
Sun Jun 23 16:43:27 EDT 2013


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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