cable company surveillance

[4911]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/September2006/120906Cable.htm">www.prisonplanet.com/arti...6Cable.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>so um whats on? <p></p><i></i>

[postrchild]

and you guys didn't know this? Big Brother IS watching..... <p></p><i></i>

[nopui]

There is no mic in the cable box. That hole is there so you can stick a paper clip in it to force a reboot. <p></p><i></i>

[4911]

idn the reboot thing in the back? <p></p><i></i>

[nopui]

Depends on the make/model one has, I suppose. :shrug If your cable box comes from SA, I can tell you that there are no mics involved....at least until 7/07. The federal gov't has made changes to our business effective then, which has to do with the services we can offer with each type of box. Come closer to that time, I will know more. Even then, there will be nothing about listening in on subscribers. You kidding me? They'd revolt and become DISH subs in droves. <p></p><i></i>

[FourthBase]

That's laughable.<br>It's not a mic.<br>Right?<br><br>But the cable companies do have an impressive database of what you watch. The idea that we still need Nielsen families is a joke. <p></p><i></i>

[Sepka]

Of course, it would never occur to the fellow to actually examine the circuitry and see what that hole is really for...<br> <p>-Sepka the Space Weasel</p><i></i>

[nopui]

Um, yes, it would. That is why I can say so.<br>The data mining on what someone watches, etc., is completely legal. And yes, I fight it, every step of the way. <p></p><i></i>