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To: chessplayer

My computer maybe. The rest? No.


16 posted on 01/27/2014 12:15:23 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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“Schumer: Your TV May Be Spying On You; Reveals Many New TV’s Have Built-in Cameras”

“Researchers have been able to hack into TVs with ease, allowing them to turn on cameras and microphones, spying on families’ living rooms.”

http://www.longisland.com/news/08-06-13/schumer-your-tv-may-be-spying-on-you-reveals-many-new-tvs-have-built-in-cameras-for-video-chat-but-virtually-no-security.html


43 posted on 01/27/2014 12:43:05 PM PST by chessplayer
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“Is your TV spying on YOU? It sounds like science fiction but many new TVs can watch you - telling advertisers your favourite shows or even filming you on the sofa. And there’s no off switch!”

“You are sitting in bed in your pyjamas, drinking a cup of cocoa. A loved one lies next to you, watching late-night television. Pillow talk is exchanged. An alarm clock is set. Eventually the lights are turned out.”

“Earlier, you sat on the living-room sofa eating supper, before loading the dishwasher and heading upstairs.”

“You have, in other words, just enjoyed a perfectly normal night, in a perfectly normal home. The curtains are drawn, the central heating turned up. It’s cosy, relaxing and, above all, completely private. Or so you thought.”

“The truth turns out to be quite the opposite. For on the other side of the world, people you didn’t know existed are keeping a beady eye on your every move.”

“These characters can see what clothes you have been wearing and what food you’ve eaten. They heard every word you said, and logged every TV show you watched. Some are criminals, others work for major corporations. And now they know your most intimate secrets.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2513592/Is-TV-spying-YOU.html


47 posted on 01/27/2014 12:50:03 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Conspicuously absent: Your telephone. Even the old rotary phones were capable of collecting. They just connect and activate the mic. Nowadays a call showing no caller ID and a dead line is a probable tell-tale. If you get calls like this try breaking the circuit, then place a call and hang up. If you get another no-ID callback shortly thereafter consider yourself on a watchlist.


93 posted on 01/28/2014 10:09:21 AM PST by Justa
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