 gatorkram Spelling and Grammer impared Premium join:2002-07-22 Winterville, NC clubs: | WTF? What else can you say to something like this, but WTF? | |
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  ykronic Premium join:2006-01-31 Canada | Re: WTF? When you consider how much a month some people spend on pr0n this idea goes from just being stupid to downright disturbing  | |
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| Re: WTF? said by ykronic :When you consider how much a month some people spend on pr0n this idea goes from just being stupid to downright disturbing So your cablebox would be providing content, for someone elses "On demand porn channel"? | |
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join:2003-03-13 Chicago, IL | Re: WTF? Wait until I watch one of the late night Cinemax movies. Wonder if the box has a motion detection feature? | |
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join:2003-01-26 Gaithersburg, MD | Re: WTF? I dunno, sounds to me like a whole new meaning to the term "facial" recognition...  | |
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  swhx7 Premium join:2006-07-23 Elbonia | Don't people dislike Comcast enough already? | |
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 |   pipdipchip 8 Megabits A Second Premium join:2003-12-04 Hanover, MN
| Re: WTF? Seriously, who does Comcast think they are?
Firstly, I hope and pray this will be a voluntary. Secondly, is this the best way to keep track of who is watching the TV? How about a simple login system? Login and select who is watching the TV if they are so damn interested in what people are watching.
Why does Comcast even care who is watching and what they are watching? They aren't content providers. They just deliver content. They should care less. The only reason is that content providers would probably pay Comcast a lot for that kind of information.
But seriously, does Comcast have a PR department? Do they care about their customers at all? I left Comcast and would suggest it to all other Comcast customers. They DO NOT care about their customers. -- Webmaster of WRTrouters.com - Computer Science Major | |
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| Re: WTF? Ah, but they are content providers. Comcast Sports Net, E!, The Golf Channel, G4 and several others are owned by Comcast and they sell local ad insertions on all of their systems. Such technology would be a gold mine for them.
Which is why I am certain Kunkel was not joking around. -- Toolmaster of La Grange. | |
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join:2004-03-19 Here | Re: WTF? I think they just wanted to see if certain Comcast users were defiling the boxes they loved them so much. | |
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 |   Unit649 I B U, Who U B? Premium join:2000-01-22 Stockton, CA | Re: WTF? Either that or a piece of duck tape over the lens  | |
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join:2005-11-21 Yermo, CA 1 edit | Nah, I'd just cover the camera with electrical tape.  -- (26.04GHz crunching for SETI with the PC Perspective Killer Frogs) | |
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join:2001-10-06 Pittsburgh, PA | Agreed....seriously ridiculous and I'm sure BBR and the industry will be all over this....WTF | |
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join:2005-03-09 Saint Clair Shores, MI | one hundred and two uses for duct tape.. Now, where's that lens again? | |
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join:2003-04-01 Auburn, WA | They do that to me without my consent I will sue them if I can. | |
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| said by gatorkram :What else can you say to something like this, but WTF? Hmm, put a camera in my dvr, sure no problem, i'll just put electrical tape of your camera... LOL "HOW YOU DOIN?"  | |
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join:2002-09-03 Smithfield, NC | If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide!
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join:2001-03-28 Arlington, VA
| Re: Time to drag out the standard line Its not about not having anything to hide its about the the fact that I don't always get dressed to watch tv. Whose to say they won't activate the camera when no one is watching TV?. Ever had sex in your living room? Better yet if you have one in your bedroom, would you really want a camera pointed right at your azz while you're freakin? | |
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 |   quibbly Premium join:2003-02-07 Sugar Land, TX | Are you Big Brother | |
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  trebzon
join:2001-09-03 Grandville, MI | All I can say is it will be a cold day in Hell. Take my TV first. Asnine! | |
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join:2002-04-10 | I'll take 2 of these. One to toss off a third story building and another to repeatedly run over with my car. Then, those Comcast execs can watch as their equipment gets abused. | |
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| You're all a bunch of morons! If you think this is the begining, then think again! This has been going on for a while. This is just Comcasts contribution to the Patriot Act. That's right folks, The Patriot Act. They don't need you permission to watch you. They don't need your permission to listen to you. As long as they are willing to turn over any information the Government asks for, then they can record your ass all dfay and night. AND, it's already going on with some services.
Sec. 2703. Required disclosure of customer communications or records'';
(B) in subsection (c) by redesignating paragraph (2)as paragraph (3); (C) in subsection (c)(1)-- (i) by striking ``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service may'' and inserting ``A governmental entity may require a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service to''; (ii) by striking ``covered by subsection (a) or (b) of this section) to any person other than a governmental entity.``(B) A provider of electronic communication serviceor remote computing service shall disclose a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service (not including the contents of communications covered by subsection (a) or (b) of this section) to a governmental entity'' and inserting ``)'';(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as paragraph (2);(iv) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively;(v) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated) by striking the period and inserting ``; or''; and(vi) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as redesignated) the following:``(E) seeks information under paragraph (2).''; and(D) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated) by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' and insert ``paragraph (1)''. (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2703 and inserting the following:
``2703. Required disclosure of customer communications or records.''.
Want more information? Read the Patriot Act Yourself. »frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin···l056.107 | |
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