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@comcast.net
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| Time for exercise 'Smith!' screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. '6079 Smith W.! Yes, you! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying. Lower, please! That's better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me.'
A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston's body. His face remained completely inscrutable. Never show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away. He stood watching while the instructress raised her arms above her head and -- one could not say gracefully, but with remarkable neatness and efficiency -- bent over and tucked the first joint of her fingers under her toes.
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Tom99
@deploy.com | Goodbye Comcast This is crazy... just hearing stupid news like this takes me away from comcast willing to join a competitor.
honestly I think this is a joke, how could someone in a right ming even think of something like this???? | |
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11 | ummm *Checks Calendar*
Hmm, seems to be March 20th, and not April 1.
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jimbo48
join:2000-11-17
Hayward, CA
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·EarthLink
| 1984 a la comcast I'm in no "big to do" about this one as Comcast can't even deliver digital content to my area and I'm less than 8 miles form their office.
I'm wondering most of the time if they could find their collective backsides with two hands a detailed map.
Seriously folks No one is going to allow a camera in their home except maybe some exhibitionist or other deviant.
Hmmm aiding and abetting kiddie porn when your little one is running around the house and refusing to wear their diaper. Comcast has all on record-distributing nude content of minors over the various bands. Ha-Ha maybe its a FBI sting operation pilot program number 2. This replaces the Fake porn url pilot program. | |
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California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California
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| Re: 1984 a la comcast If they can't keep thier DVR's from crashing, why the hell would they put a camera in it?
This is fucking crazy. I can't believe that Comcast - or ANY company in the U.S. would EVER consider something like this. Our telephones are tapped, DVR recordings looked at, what the hell is next? "Hey.. uh... boss.. why don't we put a video camera inside of the new cable boxes... so that we can... uh... deliver the most important content to the type of customer that is currently watching T.V.?
are they gonna stereotype us too by going Through the looking glass?
if this is created, I'll pickup a new videoBox from my comcast office, plug it in, and the next day, file a lawsuit for illegal monitoring purposes.
Of course, nothing will be done about these invasions of privacy if the next president follows what Dubya Bush has been doing.
I think I'll use an antenna (if there are cameras in that...) when they roll-out this "enhanced" service.
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Lompoc, CA
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| Re: 1984 a la comcast "Nous sommes desoles que notre president soit un idiot. Nous n’avons pas vote pour lui." translates to "We are sorry that our President is an idiot. We did not vote for him." -- tom bihn care label 'NUFF SED...
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California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California | Re: 1984 a la comcast I cannot wait until next January. | |
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mr weather
Premium
join:2002-02-27
Mississauga, ON | In Soviet Russia... DVR watches YOU!  | |
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| AquaSport
California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California
·Comcast
| Re: In Soviet Russia... Digital Video Recorder...
for who? For us to record their T.V.? Or for them to record us?
too bad you won't be able to see what they're recording.
Some perv will hack into comcast when this system is up and running (or get a job there), take the disgusting videos (no one will know that their television is filming them) from the comcast users, post them on YouTube, and a lot of people will lose their jobs over something that they did in private that is nobody's business.
but seriously, what if something illegal is happening in a customer's living room? Just to see what happens, I've tried saying things like "bomb", "Golden Gate Bridge", "Iraq", and something foreign sounding over the telephone during normal conversation. Since that time, i've heard a quiet beeping/ticking noise when I call that person whom I had that experimental conversation with. The U.S. is going to hell, or, at least, the telephone companies.
Do Canadians have to go through any of this shit?
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
Beaconsfield, QC
·ELECTRONICBOX
| Videophones Comcast will market it as a videophone service. When you use the unit as videophone, you have privacy. But when the videophone is idle, all bets are off on what comcast will do.
One solution of course, is to buy clothes that have the exact same colour/pattern as the sofa. This way, the camera won't be able to differentiate you from the sofa
Or simply change the camera feed to provide a fixed image of the Griffin family (Family Guy) in front of their TV set. Let Compast compute that ! | |
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California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California | Re: Videophones yeah, just figure out where the camera is...
oh, is there going to be a microphone, too?
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Sterling
IP Support Tier III
Premium
join:2003-05-30
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: Videophones The funny thing is that many people already think we can see them because theres a red dot on there DCT they think its the Hal9000 or their computer desktop when they call in | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by AquaSport :yeah, just figure out where the camera is... oh, is there going to be a microphone, too? My security camera's have audio so its very possible.
porn is much more desirable with sound. where i have my cable box it wont show much anyway.
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| AquaSport
California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California
·Comcast
| or the webcams built into their macintoshes
or telephones (some)
or cellphones (that'll suck)
why don't they just broadcast everything that everyone does in a cataloged library so that you can pinpoint your neighbor and watch him/her on the computer?
Orwell was right.
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| AquaSport
California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California | just kidding on the microphone thing... | |
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sven_kirk3
join:2002-07-23
Mableton, GA | Neilsons Anybody ever heard of the Nielson's? It is basically the same thing. | |
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JPMOMMA
join:2008-03-20
Muncie, IN
| dvr watching you That has to be the stupidest thing i have ever heard of. Talk about an invasion of privacy. I hope someone sues the crap out of them if they try to pull this. On the bright side it probably wouldnt work anyway. No one would allow such an invasion of privacy. | |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Uh oh! "He's giving us the finger again -- lock his box down to show _Titanic: The Extra Long Extended Edition With More Celine Dion_" | |
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Dominokat
"Hi"
Premium
join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
| Problem solved. Just use electric tape to cover the camera. Cant see anything through that.
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| Re: Problem solved. said by Dominokat :Just use electric tape to cover the camera. Cant see anything through that. Circumvention of important security features = violation of law = You're a terrorist
After all, if you've got nothing to hide, let them watch, right?
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
Premium
join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
·Bright House
| Your on Candid Camera Smile....Your On Candid Camera!
Think this is a great idea, I don't know what everyone is bitching about. If you have nothing to hide then you shouldn't have a problem with it. As long as you turn on that cable box, you should have no privacy. Privacy is just a figure of speech that has no meaning.
You can have more efficient targeted advertising and to make sure people are actually watching the commercial. If you walk away from the tv during a commercial the commercial will pause. In fact I think it's a good way to sue people for copy infringement for not watching the commercial.
I think the next thing cable companies should do is start shocking people if they walk away from the tv during a advertisement. Not a big charge, just a slight jolt to let you know your breaking the service agreement.
This is to enhance the customer experience. This is a good way to keep cable prices low. | |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH | Oh shit I guess I better stop ordering PPV porn and watching it naked with jerkins and tissues. | |
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Greg_Z
Premium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | So, what happens if The home owner and the Mistress are caught doing the nasty? | |
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Hazeleyze
join:2003-05-09
Wauseon, OH | Re: So, what happens if Someone hacks Comcast and steals all the videos and puts them on YouTube. | |
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Anon123
@bellsouth.net | enzyte So, if I keep seeing Enzyte commercials, are they trying to tell me something???  | |
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| AquaSport
California - Sun, Surf, Traffic Jams
join:2007-05-03
California
·Comcast
| Re: enzyte The cable box is supposed to be at eye-level.
just imagine that - soon they'll add a weight-management program to the DVR to pause the T.V. every 10 minutes so that you get your exercising in.
The box will pause until it sees your fat middle bounce 30 times; then your program will continue.
It'll probably include a "Parental Control" system, where parents can choose the pause-interval to get their large McDonald's eating children into shape, especially while the children sit down for dinner while they want to watch T.V.
Why don't they develop an iris scanner while they're at it? It'll make sure that no one deletes your copy of The Biggest Loser until you get to watch it during your BurgerTown dinner.
kapeech?
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chrisretusn
Retired
Premium
join:2007-08-13
Philippines |  Outrageous
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thisguy
@verizon.net | how about this??????????? Sure comcrap, put a camera in my dvr, no problem... I'll put electrical tape over your lense... LOL "HOW YOU DOIN"??? | |
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL | lol I hope they will enjoy seeing me in my birthday suit drinking a large beer with food all over my belly. | |
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ydoucare
join:2003-03-12
Rensselaer, IN | WTF Put a picture of tubgirl in front of the camera (while blocking the background). That should keep them from watching. | |
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catseyenu
Ack Pfft
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Fix East
| Tail wags dog..? This is what happens when a company becomes so large that people become numbers to be manipulated for profit.
Customer privacy & security take a backseat to the junior genius in Marketing who comes up with an idea to increase revenue by a few percentage points.
Shame on you Comcast, shame on you!
/oh, and your network has become overrun with bots. | |
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@comcast.net | Re: Tail wags dog..? Shame on you for believing everything you read. | |
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catseyenu
Ack Pfft
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Fix East | Re: Tail wags dog..? Would you care to expound on that a little?
Are you saying Comcast isn't using the discussed technology? | |
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catseyenu
Ack Pfft
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Fix East
| Re: Tail wags dog..? Thanks Rob, I just finished reading your post /// BACKPEDAL ALERT /// and was hoping to eat some crow.
Sadly enough, it still seems that Comcast gave this more than a passing thought.
Let's see if the anonymous coward has anything else to add.
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join:2006-03-27
Olean, NY | The ONLY FIX for this issue 
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