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> Very likely ok until people also start getting arrested for going to pee during tv comercials Ambient light sensors can probably detect a person walking past
by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Very likely ok until people also start getting arrested for going to pee during tv comercials
Ambient light sensors can probably detect a person walking past.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoForget light sensors, think facial recognition on the camera that is in your smart TV for... I don't know, videoconferencing, I guess? ;).
- Bartweiss 9y agoMicrosoft already has a patent on using in-home censors to set fees based on how many people are watching a TV. I'm excited to see us reinvent TV taxes as a shady, privacy-destroying rent we pay to tech companies... http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220120278904%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20120278904&RS=DN/20120278904 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H...
- codegladiator 9y agoPlus now they get to spy on us using tiny little cameras !
- _pmf_ 9y agoI think they even had this as a production ready feature in the Xbox One at one time (before launch, but at a very late stage), but were surprised that users were a bit miffed about it.