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Article #625652Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 19:00
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 19:00
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Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes: > On 2018-08-23, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: > >> "When you watch TV, it watches you." >> >> Once upon a time, such devices were known as "telescreens". > > About 34 years ago, right? 34 years ago, my 80 y.o. mother, (who, I'm pretty sure, never read the book) consulting my superior tech knowledge, seriously inquired if her TV might be watching her. I was able to say that, barring a major TLA personally targeting her at great effort and expense, her decade old set that could receive 3 broadcast channels only by rotating a rooftop antenna with a servo controller was not able to watch her. The little red light did *not* indicate surveillance in progress. I couldn't offer as much comfort today. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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From: Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
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Subject: Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
Date: 24 Aug 2018 16:00:12 -0300
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