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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/23/2013 03:43 PM, Steve VanSlyck
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<p>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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">tom <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com"><thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com></a>
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<pre class="k9mail">Hi
Anybody aware of this? Just heard about it on the radio this morning.
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home">http://broadcastengineering.com/regulation/we-are-watching-you-act-introduced-regulate-privacy-home</a>.
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.
Veri!
zon
submitted a patent for the technology but has been denied so far.
Tom
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Have you seen this patent by Microsoft for a home video player
device to determine the number of people watching a video, and
charge you accordingly?<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geekwire.com/2012/microsoft-diskinect-freeloading-tv-viewers/">http://www.geekwire.com/2012/microsoft-diskinect-freeloading-tv-viewers/</a><br>
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