Website review: Google developing eavesdropping sof...
thoughtshape discovered this in Internet
•10 reviews since Sep 3, 2006
internet, security, google
•theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdrop...
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thoughtshape discovered 22 months ago- From the page: "Google developing eavesdropping software"
- pauljc rated 22 months ago
- Google developing eavesdropping software "The idea is to use the existing PC microphone to listen to whatever is heard in the background"
- pcalnon rated 22 months ago
- whatever happened to google's "don't be evil" philosophy?
from the page: "The idea is to use the existing PC microphone to listen to whatever is heard in the background, be it music, your phone going off or the TV turned down. The PC then identifies it, using fingerprinting, and then shows you relevant content, whether that's adverts or search results, or a chat room on the subject.
And, of course, we wouldn't put it past Google to store that information away, along with the search terms it keeps that you've used, and the web pages you have visited, to help it create a personalised profile that feeds you just the right kind of adverts/content. And given that it is trying to develop alternative approaches to TV advertising, it could go the extra step and help send 'content relevant' advertising to your TV as well." - whatever happened to google's "don't be evil" philosophy?
- namhuy rated 22 months ago
- Google is working on a system that listens to what's on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "that's cool, but dangerous".
- Alcoolex rated 22 months ago
- It`s getting a litle much. If I wanted a parasite, I would have hired a 24/7 sales rep... which this seems to be the virtual homologue.
- bjornskimn rated 22 months ago
- From the page: "Comment The first thing that came out of our mouths when we heard that Google is working on a system that listens to what's on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "that's cool, but dangerous". The idea appeared in Technology Review citing Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, who says these ideas will show up eventually in real Google products - sooner rather than later. The idea is to use the existing PC microphone to listen to whatever is heard in the background, be it music, your phone going off or the TV turned down. The PC then identifies it, using fingerprinting, and then shows you relevant content, whether that's adverts or search results, or a chat room on the subject. And, of course, we wouldn%u2019t put it past Google to store that information away, along with the search terms it keeps that you've used, and the web pages you have visited, to help it create a personalised profile that feeds you just the right kind of adverts/content. And given that it is trying to develop alternative approaches to TV advertising, it could go the extra step and help send "content relevant" advertising to your TV as well." These are reasons I don't have a mic/camera on my machine.
- johnny-zero rated 22 months ago
- spooky...
