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General => DnD Central => Topic started by: string on 2015-02-09, 13:42:10

Title: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: string on 2015-02-09, 13:42:10
Outside it's drones, inside it's smart TVs.

Not in front of the telly (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31296188)

Maybe it is not so smart getting a Smart TV.

I suggest an armchair-mounted flame thrower.

:o
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Jimbro3738 on 2015-02-09, 13:56:39
It's worse than you think. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden told the world last month that the agency can eavesdrop through the microphones of cellphones even when they’re switched off — a claim experts have now confirmed.

According to a team of security researchers cited in a Mirror report, a hack for such surveillance lies within Apple’s iPhone software, which is capable of “playing dead” while it’s still turned on.

We have two iPhones, so we're double covered.  :o
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: string on 2015-02-09, 14:08:55
I shall put ear plugs in my 0G flip phone immediately.
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Jimbro3738 on 2015-02-09, 16:04:32
I can see you now! :jester:

(https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fstaticarchive%2F76920f674814bc510bcef1ed15058e16e801c506.jpg&hash=99964f3b5164d7b4ad2e3272ece08c44" rel="cached" data-hash="99964f3b5164d7b4ad2e3272ece08c44" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/76920f674814bc510bcef1ed15058e16e801c506.jpg)
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: rjhowie on 2015-02-14, 01:52:48
Just be careful when buying a Samsung television set.
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: ensbb3 on 2015-02-14, 03:09:35
Nice. Televisions that watch you back. Who'da thunket?
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Frenzie on 2015-02-14, 09:34:00
I imagine e.g. the Xbox 360 might've had this problem before any televisions did?
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Jimbro3738 on 2015-02-14, 11:24:38
Quote from: rjhowie on
Just be careful when buying a Samsung television set.

I own two of the damned things! A couple of days ago I heard them talking to each other.
"When is he coming home?"
"I don't know. I heard his wife talking about an Apple TV!"
"WHAT!?"
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Belfrager on 2015-02-14, 11:34:36
Quote from: string on
Someone out there is looking at you (https://dndsanctuary.eu/index.php?topic=849.msg34875#msg34875)

When younger I remember the Guardian Angel... No one speaks about the guardian angel anymore, I suppose they got extinct.
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: krake on 2015-02-14, 11:41:28
Quote from: Belfrager on

When younger I remember the Guardian Angel... No one speaks about the guardian angel anymore, I suppose they got extinct.

Nope, they just got replaced by the NSA.
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: mjmsprt40 on 2015-02-14, 11:56:03
My TV is old. So old it still has CRT, and is heavy as a pregnant elephant. But, it doesn't listen to you so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Title: Re: Someone out there is looking at you
Post by: Jimbro3738 on 2015-02-14, 12:03:04
What would happen if a large asteroid slammed into the Earth?

I don't know, but what would happen if a CRT TV evolved into a smart TV?
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