Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: frustrated

Television Spies

No, not spies on television.  Televisions that spy on people.  Things like this are why I'm getting less and less inclined to buy new stuff.  It tends to come with dealbreaker features.  Given a choice between being abused or going without important goods and services, I usually choose to go without.  This frustrates me.  With a television, not so much, because they've pretty much lost my eyeballs forever for a million different reasons.  But other stuff moving in the same direction really worries me.
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  • 8 comments
matrixmann

matrixmann

November 6 2014, 07:36:51 UTC 6 years ago

This is also one reason to stick to your old tupe device as long as you can.
rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

November 6 2014, 11:13:30 UTC 6 years ago

EEEEK!
Thanks for the heads-up on this. Everybody I know is going to hear about this inside the next 24 hours.
Hubby, the uber-geek, will be fascinated by it this article. He's been researching the topic of cyber-security for the past couple of years now and here's an angle he's not even thought about yet.
:^)
rhodielady_47

rhodielady_47

November 6 2014, 11:23:27 UTC 6 years ago

I got rid of cable TV nearly 5 years ago now. I don't miss it and I really don't miss the 20+ minutes of commercial ads out of every hour's worth of TV that the networks insisted on playing.
You know what? I love having all that money we used to spend on cable for other things--like buying hardcover books for my book collection.
:^}
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

November 6 2014, 20:11:46 UTC 6 years ago

Aside from the content sucking, the constant popups and watermarks permanently exceed my threshold of interruption tolerance.

Best rendition of a time traveler ever was in "Lois & Clark" where the poor bastard described the future as "Nine hundred and ninety-nine channels and NOTHING ON!!!" I feel your pain, bro. Some days it makes me want to destroy the Earth too. That's why I write some of what I write.
rhodielady_47

Re: Yes...

rhodielady_47

November 6 2014, 20:19:33 UTC 6 years ago

I hope you do keep on writing. I've yet to read anything of yours that I thought was a waste of time and there's several things I've gone back to re-read. I never had as good an experience with cable TV--ever!
You should have a much wider audience than you do.
{{{Hugs you-if I may?}}}
:^)
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

November 6 2014, 20:31:33 UTC 6 years ago

>> I hope you do keep on writing. I've yet to read anything of yours that I thought was a waste of time and there's several things I've gone back to re-read. I never had as good an experience with cable TV--ever!
You should have a much wider audience than you do. <<

Thanks everso! I hope my audience continues to grow.

>> {{{Hugs you-if I may?}}} <<

I am hug-friendly under most circumstances when I'm interacting with people. When I get prickly, I tend to turtle up by myself. *HUGS*
catsittingstill

catsittingstill

November 6 2014, 18:18:27 UTC 6 years ago

I don't have a TV myself, but I do sometimes wonder what people could do with my phone.
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

November 6 2014, 19:41:09 UTC 6 years ago

If it is a smartphone, they can take any information stored on it, locate where you are via the GPS, and turn on the microphone remotely to spy on you. In some models these hazards may be blocked by removing the battery; in others the only option is to put the little fucker in a lead box.

Dumbphones are less risky this way, but I still wouldn't carry one on my person.