So is it 1984 yet?

WickedJoe

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This should be just a short rant. I love tech like most people or more than most. I fuckin love gaming, watching movies, tv shows, etc. I've always wanted VR to come out before I die. I love the whole augmented reality Microshaft is supposed to come out with soon.

BUT FUCK... FUCK... FUCK...

Why does all this shit have to utterly destroy my privacy!?! I mean, it's not even just shit that government taps into when they need.. that would be one thing.

But MY FUCKING TV LISTENING TO ME IN MY FUCKING LIVING ROOM AND SENDING MY HOME CONVERSATIONS OUT TO SOME COMPANY DATABASE FOR ETERNITY IS JUST WAY TOO FUCKING FAR.

I CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION IN MY HOUSE?!?!
I CAN'T FUCKING TALK IN MY LIVING ROOM?!?
I CAN'T FUCK ON MY COUCH?
GOD FORBID I PUT MY TV IN MY BEDROOM!!!
FAAAAAAAAACK!!!!

If you don't know about the recent smart-TV revelations by main-stream media then you've been living under a rock. Supposedly it's not just Samsung, but at least LG too possibly - and likely every other company to follow. Yes, we all know they say they 'woooulllldd neeeevvver use your conversations for anyting baaaad.. nooo sirrrr...'. But you're a bitch if you believe that sort of line these days.

And ya, I know I can search for the option to turn off the 'feature'. But the point is that most people wont. Is owning a TV going to be like trying to find all the right privacy settings in Facebook now? Or like trying to keep up with all the new security requirements on a linux server?!? Don't fucking make a mistake or you're fuck-session on your couch will be recorded for fucking eternity! Oh my bad I didnt read the fucking manual!!

I mean I guess I'm just going to have to start blatantly avoiding certain technologies. Soon that MIGHT INCLUDE ALL FUCKING TVS!! I'll be the crazy old fuck reading books.. THE OLD FASHIONED KIND NOT ON A DIGITAL SCREEN!!

What a fucking joy the future is.

P.S. No, Lukep did not hijack my account.
 


"If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide"

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WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!

Is that how i'm sounding at this point? I guess the caps don't help.

I don't know.. i'm just pissed I'll likely not be able to sit in my fucking living room soon without being passively recorded 24/7. Anyone else? Am i coming across as a paranoid freak? Do you not see it happening?
 
Your writing style is annoying as fuck. <--- Will be saved for eternity.

Style? I wasn't going for any style or even a rational sounding post. It was a bitchy rant.. feels good to blow off some steam now and then.
 
Don't buy a fucking smart TV then. I mean god damn it doesn't take a genius to know that putting an always on, internet connected, speech recognizing, electronic recording device in your living room reduces your privacy. Stop bitching and don't buy a fucking smart TV if you don't want all of us laughing at your tiny dick.
 
Don't buy a fucking smart TV then. I mean god damn it doesn't take a genius to know that putting an always on, internet connected, speech recognizing, electronic recording device in your living room reduces your privacy. Stop bitching and don't buy a fucking smart TV if you don't want all of us laughing at your tiny dick.

So you don't think all TV's at the store will be 'Smart' within 5-10 yrs?

I hate being on this side of the conspiracy argument. I'm not one of the usual conspiracy guys around here. But god damn.. it's my living room. I should be able to grab some tweezers to help me jerk off to some porn in my living room.. but noooo.
 
it doesn't take a genius to know that putting an always on, internet connected, speech recognizing, electronic recording device in your living room reduces your privacy.

This. Obviously the manufacturer will have a way to access it, which they probably have to disclose by law. If they don't watch you in your bedroom some hacker kid will, so what. Good luck processing hundreds of hours of recording from millions of homes with overweight people wandering around their houses in their underwear, not to mention all the ugly 30-second sex scenes.
 
according to the article:

...an icon should appear on the screen when voice recognition is on.
"Our TV’s don’t passively record conversations. You must press the mic button on the remote to ask a question – just like on a smartphone."
just don't press the mic button.

either that, live in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere like your avatar once did :p . just dont use anything post-1990.
 
according to the article:

just don't press the mic button.

either that, live in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere like your avatar once did :p . just dont use anything post-1990.

When this first came out 2 weeks ago the articles (mainstream media) didn't say anything about you needing to press a button to make it work. Obviously that would have made all the difference if true.
 
In all seriousness, do you own a modern mobile phone?

The microphone for those can be activated any time to listen in. This has been known for years.

Even if the power is turned off.

The only solution is to take the battery out. Oh wait...if you have an iPhone or many variants of Android phones you can't take the battery out.

So "they" have been able to listen to you for quite some time.
 
TV listening to you? Solution = do not connect it to the Wifi.
I had many flat smart TVs and I couldn't understand why I would want to connect it.
Another device leaching my connection? No thanks.
 
i feel like i'm the only one who doesn't give a fuck if the govt is intruding my privacy
like so what if they up in your shit?

u really think they keepin tabs on u personally? holdin private meetins about ur porn habits and shit and havin a giggle?
 
In all seriousness, do you own a modern mobile phone?
The microphone for those can be activated any time to listen in. This has been known for years.
Even if the power is turned off.
The only solution is to take the battery out. Oh wait...if you have an iPhone or many variants of Android phones you can't take the battery out.
So "they" have been able to listen to you for quite some time.

Ya I actually don't care too much of the gov wants to listen me in a way where they have to actively do something to get my data/voice/video - like flip a switch or whatever. It's the always present passive surveillance that scares me. I know the gov does that too on the internet/phones/etc and even though it bothers me some it doesn't bother me like the idea of passive surveillance in my living room does.
 
TV listening to you? Solution = do not connect it to the Wifi.
I had many flat smart TVs and I couldn't understand why I would want to connect it.

Netflix, HBO's new service, Amazon prime, etc, etc. It's also really likely that most TV programming will be brought to you via the internet soon.. everything on demand.
 
i feel like i'm the only one who doesn't give a fuck if the govt is intruding my privacy
like so what if they up in your shit?

u really think they keepin tabs on u personally? holdin private meetins about ur porn habits and shit and havin a giggle?

Nope, like I said, I don't care much about that stuff either. But I do care about non-stop passive surveillance and all data being stored for eternity or a long time at least. And most of all i care about passive surveillance by companies in my house - if it's true.

I care about all living room conversations etc being stored on some dipshit companies databases and we're supposed to trust them with the data and just hope it's not one day hacked, sold, leaked, etc en masse.