At 02:02 PM 4/23/02, you wrote: >http://whitedot.org/issue/iss_story.asp?slug=shortSpyTV > >Found this longish article about spyware (in particular set top boxes), >and how they are used to monitor your behavior. I find that most of what >the article talked about can be equally applied to the Internet. > >A few choice excerpts: > >--- >With interactive television every click of your remote control goes into >a database. This is called your TV set�s �click stream�, and it can be >analyzed to create a surprisingly sophisticated picture of who you are >and what motivates you (sometimes called �telegraphics�). Such profiles >of households or individuals can then be used to target consumers with >direct marketing techniques, through their television, in the mail or >over the phone. Your television will be able to show you something, >monitor how you respond, and then show you something else, working on you >over time until it you exhibit the desired behavior.
Such as press the "OFF" switch and go read a book. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
