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en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

Re: No, Just No.

Don't forget data-mining.
There's a lot of interest in knowing what you watch, utility consumption, what's in your fridge, etc.
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Canada = Hollywood North

nothing00

join:2001-06-10
Centereach, NY

Oh goodie - imagine the bills!

If a telco or cable provider starts offering these services we'll see line items like:

Services:
$0.96 First lighting device
$0.20 Initial lighting managed device fee
$0.74 Additional lighting device
$0.10 Managed device fee
$1.06 First refrigeration device
$0.20 Initial refrigeration managed device fee
...

Taxes and fees:
$3.62 Federal utility interconnection recovery fee
$1.24 Regulatory utility interconnection fund
...

And just think of all the additional fees they'll be able to tack onto existing TVs! This sounds great!
Joe12345678

join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL

Re: Oh goodie - imagine the bills!

you forgot the per ip fees.

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Re: No, Just No.

said by en102 See Profile :

Don't forget data-mining.
There's a lot of interest in knowing what you watch, utility consumption, what's in your fridge, etc.
And with the RFID technology out there being stuck to all kinds of products, primarily for inventory purposes when in the store, they could easily track most anything.

Before you know it, they will be putting nanoid's in food so they can track your digestive system and try to sell you Pepto-Bismol.
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