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Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby misterno » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 22:18:35

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xm9-Yls7LY
Is this a hoax or what? If it is not a hoax then what does it mean?
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby mos6507 » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:04:11

If you believe everything you watch on youtube?
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Unread postby Nefarious » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:06:15

It means don't run around your house in the nude!
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby bantri » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:11:47

Actually it´s more serious than that, by using a special algorithm, it´s possible to capture a picture using a computer monitor, and a web page with this algorithm was created with the purpose to prove that this image capture is feasible.

Monitor picture: (Link)
http://www.hb4u.com/photo/
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:38:35

sigh... morons
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby Hermes » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:50:26

Already discussed to death and exposed as a hoax in mid February:

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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Mon 27 Apr 2009, 23:52:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 's')igh... morons


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This hoax has been floating around since at least the early 80's.
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Tue 28 Apr 2009, 11:07:34

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 's')igh... morons


+1

This hoax has been floating around since at least the early 80's.


This kind of thing has been getting the round about since the 1950's when tv was first introduced, people were convinced that if a TV could receive a video signal, than it could send a video signal as well and that the government was spying on them.
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Unread postby jasonraymondson » Tue 28 Apr 2009, 11:09:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', 's')igh... morons


+1

This hoax has been floating around since at least the early 80's.


This kind of thing has been getting the round about since the 1950's when tv was first introduced, people were convinced that if a TV could receive a video signal, than it could send a video signal as well and that the government was spying on them.


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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby Timo » Tue 28 Apr 2009, 12:38:40

You're in on it!!! I knew it!

YOU'RE ALL PART OF THE CONSPIRACY!!!!
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby Timo » Tue 28 Apr 2009, 12:39:38

You're watching me now, aren't you?!
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby AirlinePilot » Tue 28 Apr 2009, 13:25:13

Oh No not this shit again!

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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby Keith_McClary » Mon 04 May 2009, 23:59:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '
')Technology, fashion, and transportation may change, but idiots never do.
If you have a recent laptop it probably has a built-in camera. Turn the laptop "off" so the screen is black and you hear no drives or fans.

Obviously the camera can't be watching you.

Right?
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Re: Cable boxes have camera in them???

Unread postby jasonraymondson » Tue 05 May 2009, 07:41:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jasonraymondson', '
')Technology, fashion, and transportation may change, but idiots never do.
If you have a recent laptop it probably has a built-in camera. Turn the laptop "off" so the screen is black and you hear no drives or fans.

Obviously the camera can't be watching you.

Right?


sigh... nobody has any desire to see you sitting at home in your tighty whities, this includes the government.
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