How Smart is that New TV?

[georgephillip]

Is it smart to give the corporate state any more of your private information?

"I just bought a new TV. The old one had a good run, but after the volume got stuck on 63, I decided it was time to replace it. I am now the owner of a new 'smart' TV, which promises to deliver streaming multimedia content, games, apps, social media, and Internet browsing. Oh, and TV too.

"The only problem is that I’m now afraid to use it. You would be too — if you read through the 46-page privacy policy.

"The amount of data this thing collects is staggering.

"It logs where, when, how, and for how long you use the TV.

"It sets tracking cookies and beacons designed to detect 'when you have viewed particular content or a particular email message.'

"It records 'the apps you use, the websites you visit, and how you interact with content.'

"It ignores “do-not-track” requests as a considered matter of policy.

"It also has a built-in camera — with facial recognition. The purpose is to provide 'gesture control' for the TV and enable you to log in to a personalized account using your face.

"On the upside, the images are saved on the TV instead of uploaded to a corporate server. On the downside, the Internet connection makes the whole TV vulnerable to hackers who have demonstrated the ability to take complete control of the machine.

"More troubling is the microphone..."

I m Terrified of My New TV Why I m Scared to Turn This Thing On And You d Be Too Brennan Center for Justice

 

[rightwinger]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

 

[Siete]

get an ID card and be put in a data base so the TV can find you and your picture much faster ..lol


can't believe RW's want ID cards ... SMALLER GUBMINT my butt.

 

[georgephillip]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

It will help you much more if you sit on that hat.

 

[rightwinger]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

It will help you much more if you sit on that hat.

I found out that Obama was trying to read my thoughts through my smart TV. He is sneaky that way

 

[georgephillip]

get an ID card and be put in a data base so the TV can find you and your picture much faster ..lol


can't believe RW's want ID cards ... SMALLER GUBMINT my butt.

Privacy is becoming an endangered specie thanks to an unholy alliance between advertising and "national security." Big Government depends on Big Propaganda and vice versa.

"More troubling is the microphone. The TV boasts a 'voice recognition' feature that allows viewers to control the screen with voice commands.

"But the service comes with a rather ominous warning: 'Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party.'

"Got that?

"Don’t say personal or sensitive stuff in front of the TV.

"You may not be watching, but the telescreen is listening.

"I do not doubt that this data is important to providing customized content and convenience, but it is also incredibly personal, constitutionally protected information that should not be for sale to advertisers and should require a warrant for law enforcement to access."

I m Terrified of My New TV Why I m Scared to Turn This Thing On And You d Be Too Brennan Center for Justice

 

[georgephillip]

I found out that Obama was trying to read my thoughts through my smart TV. He is sneaky that way

Right-wing tools often are:
"Don't kid yourselves, people. Barry Obama is not getting the policies he's getting passed because he is afraid of fighting for anything better.

"He is getting them because he wants them and has from the beginning.

"He is a right-wing extremist by his actions.

Obama is a right-wing extremist. The Smirking Chimp

 

[Avorysuds]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

Yu support Obama spying on all Americans and allies... I would never believe things like this bother you unless it only helped privet business.

 

[Avorysuds]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

It will help you much more if you sit on that hat.

I found out that Obama was trying to read my thoughts through my smart TV. He is sneaky that way

No, he does that through your phone and computer. Dumbass, it's common knowledge at this point, hence the vast majority of Americans not trusting Obama.

 

[Siete]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

Yu support Obama spying on all Americans and allies... I would never believe things like this bother you unless it only helped privet business.

privet business... and you have the gall to call someone else a dumbass ?

LMAO

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

get an ID card and be put in a data base so the TV can find you and your picture much faster ..lol


can't believe RW's want ID cards ... SMALLER GUBMINT my butt.

So, only RW's buy smart TV's?

You're one sure-fire dumbass.

 

[georgephillip]

No, he does that through your phone and computer. Dumbass, it's common knowledge at this point, hence the vast majority of Americans not trusting Obama.

Between Edward Snowden and Obama who would you trust to defend your right to privacy?

 

[Siete]

get an ID card and be put in a data base so the TV can find you and your picture much faster ..lol


can't believe RW's want ID cards ... SMALLER GUBMINT my butt.

So, only RW's buy smart TV's?

You're one sure-fire dumbass.

my comment went right over your pin head didn't it ..

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

Lol

Well said.

Course ya could just pull the ethernet cord and NOT set up WiFi

 

[Avorysuds]

I have one of those TVs

I find it helps if I wear my tin foil hat

Yu support Obama spying on all Americans and allies... I would never believe things like this bother you unless it only helped privet business.

privet business... and you have the gall to call someone else a dumbass ?

LMAO

What? Do you even know wtf your talking about?

 

[Avorysuds]

No, he does that through your phone and computer. Dumbass, it's common knowledge at this point, hence the vast majority of Americans not trusting Obama.

Between Edward Snowden and Obama who would you trust to defend your right to privacy?

Trust? Neither... I'd rather not give them the power (money and programs) to abuse in the first place.

 

[georgephillip]

Trust? Neither... I'd rather not give them the power (money and programs) to abuse in the first place.

Too late

"Pursuant to a suggestion by 9/11 Commission, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released the top line amount given to the NIP for fiscal year 2009 as 49.8 billion USD.[1]

"In FY2010, the NIP budget was 53.1 billion USD,[2] and the MIP budget 27 billion USD,[3]amounting to a total of 80 billion USD.[4]

"In 2007, it was revealed that 70% of the intelligence budget went to defense contracting companies.[5]"

Small Government has never applied to "national security."

United States intelligence budget - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[georgephillip]

Course ya could just pull the ethernet cord and NOT set up WiFi

How "smart" would that television be?
Answer: twice as smart as Dubya

 

[AmericanFirst]

get an ID card and be put in a data base so the TV can find you and your picture much faster ..lol


can't believe RW's want ID cards ... SMALLER GUBMINT my butt.

Wrong topic.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Course ya could just pull the ethernet cord and NOT set up WiFi

How "smart" would that television be?
Answer: twice as smart as Dubya

Ahh, typical. Get made to look foolish? Point at something completely irrelevant and laugh.

I hear tinfoil hats are on sale at Idiots-R-Us