Microsoft Patents In-Home Consumer Monitoring System
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I've read this four times now trying to grasp this brainstorm from MS. My opinion can sort of be summed up as 'I'm sorry, what?'.
As I understand it I could be watching a movie and if the device detects an unauthorised viewer of the content say a visitor or knowing MS the family pet and then can it block the content. A bit too far with privacy invasion there Microsoft. Still if this ever actually happens get me some mannequins and some googly eyes, and let us see how easy it is to screw with.
Also remember MS some people get up to some really weird stuff when in private, is that something you really want to see?
As I understand it I could be watching a movie and if the device detects an unauthorised viewer of the content say a visitor or knowing MS the family pet and then can it block the content. A bit too far with privacy invasion there Microsoft. Still if this ever actually happens get me some mannequins and some googly eyes, and let us see how easy it is to screw with.
Also remember MS some people get up to some really weird stuff when in private, is that something you really want to see?
According to MIT, Tinfoil hats actually amplify mind-control beams. [http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/tinfoil-hats-actually-amplify.html] So better to just build a Faraday cage around that bomb shelter.snekadid said:
The power to file for a patent? Yeah, it's ridiculous I say!Gearhead mk2 said:
Anyone remember Sony's patent on compulsory ads during games? No? Exactly!
It's a patent, that doesn't mean it's going to get used. In fact, it means that no other company can just implement anything like that willy-nilly without paying immense royalties. That is a good thing!
The pharmacy sector files hundreds of patents yearly for failed products. Some people need to relax and re-read before flipping.
You wouldn't be able to watch the movie, maybe? That would make the most sense.Genocidicles said:
Fucking hell. Forcing users to agree to licenses based on the number of people using a product privately? Even limiting the number of uses instead of using a timed basis?
I mean ignoring how stupidly easy it would be to just sit out of view of the camera, this is a massive "fuck you" to all people who purchase from Microsoft.
This ties in to Jim's video this week as well. Instead of focusing on making it's product and services better, Microsoft is money-grubbing. Literally looking for loopholes from which to gain money as if it can barely pay its rent, and isn't a multimillion dollar corporation.
I mean ignoring how stupidly easy it would be to just sit out of view of the camera, this is a massive "fuck you" to all people who purchase from Microsoft.
This ties in to Jim's video this week as well. Instead of focusing on making it's product and services better, Microsoft is money-grubbing. Literally looking for loopholes from which to gain money as if it can barely pay its rent, and isn't a multimillion dollar corporation.
Yea I see the problem. The consumers are still "pirating" our content. Obviously we need more messages at the beginning of our media to alert people the the illegality of such actions.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
If this ever, EVER becomes a reality, then I'll never buy anything from MS again.
What I do in my own home is up to me. If I want to watch a film with anyone else I'll fucking do it.
What I do in my own home is up to me. If I want to watch a film with anyone else I'll fucking do it.
You can try to resist, but I see a few choices
- become a pirate in your own home and use a camera to tape the thing you're watching, then rewatch it later
- make a costume in form of a chair and put a stocking over your face so the kinect doesn't recognize you
- enter on four legs masked as a big family dog
- take a photograph of your family in front of the tv then hang the photo on a string in front of the kinect camera, shake it every so often so it recognizes movement
- my last idea goes into the violent illegal territory so never mind that
Next thing you'll know they'll limit the number of times you can fondle yourself while watching an adult movie or a the number of times when you can laugh during a comedy, number of tears during a tragic story. Maybe even a Kinect that talks like "Aww, man, what are you watching? Oh, no, no, no way, you pervy bastard."
- become a pirate in your own home and use a camera to tape the thing you're watching, then rewatch it later
- make a costume in form of a chair and put a stocking over your face so the kinect doesn't recognize you
- enter on four legs masked as a big family dog
- take a photograph of your family in front of the tv then hang the photo on a string in front of the kinect camera, shake it every so often so it recognizes movement
- my last idea goes into the violent illegal territory so never mind that
Next thing you'll know they'll limit the number of times you can fondle yourself while watching an adult movie or a the number of times when you can laugh during a comedy, number of tears during a tragic story. Maybe even a Kinect that talks like "Aww, man, what are you watching? Oh, no, no, no way, you pervy bastard."
Okay, so apparently the fact that people didn't really start buying music online until the major distributors got rid of DRM has been completely lost on everyone in the industry.
Whatever. It'll never sell. People vote with their wallets, and I can't imagine any content compelling enough to make me willing to put up with this crap, let alone actually pay for it. Any content distributor who opts to use this sort of system will go broke, and rightfully so.
Whatever. It'll never sell. People vote with their wallets, and I can't imagine any content compelling enough to make me willing to put up with this crap, let alone actually pay for it. Any content distributor who opts to use this sort of system will go broke, and rightfully so.
Maybe Microsoft's just patenting it so no other company can ever use it as well as not use it itself!
Good Guy Microsoft!
Good Guy Microsoft!