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To: AtlasStalled

“How is this possible with a tv? Are there tvs with cameras now?”

Who really knows? With all the *electronic gizmos* inside those things, there might/could be... Maybe they can see out from the screen? That’s all above/beyond my pay grade. We need an engineer or someone who *knows that gizmo stuff*.


16 posted on 03/20/2012 11:34:53 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: carriage_hill
“How is this possible with a tv? Are there tvs with cameras now?”

There's no camera in the TV. What they can do, though, is pick up the modulation on the electron beam that scans the TV screen to create the picture.

It's been years since I worked with classified computers, but back then the monitor had to be TEMPEST certified, because otherwise someone near the building could pick up what was on the screen, by detecting that modulation.

In England, where radio and TV sets have to be licensed, the "TV police" use to drive up and down the streets listening for the Local Oscillator of radios and TVs. They could tell if you were using an unlicensed set. Had they wanted to, they could have listened or watched what you were listening to or watching.

They can't see you, but they can tell what you're watching.

I don't know if this is still possible with TVs with plasma or LCD screens, nor with digital TVs.

26 posted on 03/20/2012 12:16:19 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney
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