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Verizon Develops A DVR That Watches And Records Everything In Your Living Room





(Source Feed)  Remember that book 1984, that book you read in elementary school that talked about what the future would be like in 1980′s. Then you remember it was the 90′s when you read it and and you probably have nothing to worry about … for now!

Anyways, the whole Big Brother is watching you may actually become an everyday thing.Verizon Wireless just patented a DVR that can watch and listen to everything that happens in your living room!

The technology was made as a way get personalized, targeted advertisements on your television that are suited for whatever is happening in the room that it is stationed. Verizon gave a few examples of how the technology could be used: if a couple is arguing, an ad for marriage counseling would pop up while sounds of cuddling would prompt an ad for contraceptives. How thoughtful!

Apparently, Verizon is not the first company to patent tech like this, which is terrifying. Comcast patented a camera in 2008 that w0uld recognize viewers faces and play ads specifically for them. Google also patented an addition toGoogle TV that could recognize and catalog how many people in a room were watching TV.

Personally, I would opt out of getting this tech in my house but what about you guys?