"Google TV, Microsoft, Comcast, and now Verizon have all submitted patent applications to create televisions and DVRs that will watch you as you watch TV.
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"Google TV, Microsoft, Comcast, and now Verizon have all submitted patent applications to create televisions and DVRs that will watch you as you watch TV.
Earlier this month, news came out that Verizon applied for a patent to create a DVR sometime in the future that has cameras and microphones that can see and hear what you're doing and saying, while watching TV.
Sounds, actions, food choices, and your ethnicity -- all tracked by the DVR -- will influence what you see in your commercial breaks."*
Verizon has patented a DVR that will listen and watch you and respond accordingly.
Is this going too far? Why isn't this invasion of privacy getting more attention? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the idea of a corporation spying on people in their homes.
*Read more from Laura Stampler/ Business Insider:
www.businessinsider.com/verizon-dvr-will-know-what-your-doing-and-saying-2012-12
*Read more: www.businessinsider.com/verizon-dvr-will-know-what-your-doing-and-saying-2012-12#ixzz2G1TMEW6t
