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Verizon Files Patent for Creepy Device To Watch You While You Watch TV
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 28008747:MV8yMDgwMTQ5XzM1MDI1MzY2X0Y1MUUyNDEy] If Verizon starts using that, I'll switch to the other available provider here, Cablevision. Since Verizon has that patent, Cablevision doesn't. :) Or a satellite system. Or no TV at all, really I just got a TV to watch the Olympics, now I watch other sports on it too. [/quote]
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The cable company Verizon has recently filed a patent for a system that contain audio and video sensors coupled with facial and profile recognition software. That would allow the company to obtain information such as the number people in the room, their sex, their race, what they are doing and even what they are consuming while watching TV. The goal of such a system is to broadcast “targeted advertising” but crossing the line to outright spying on people is only footstep away. Here’s an article on Verizon’s patent.
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