DISQUS

Yocto · 1 year ago

Purchase decisions, buying patterns, all the privacy details that go along with it, face recognition databases http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566181/... OUR EVERY MOVEMENT http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/te... ... And now where you're looking at.

Great. What other unconscious body functions haven't been commercially exploited yet? I always considered eye contact to be a rather intimate gesture.

I assume these systems are perfectly able to gather their data without having to display a user interface, without needing to give you any feedback that you as a passerby are under "marketing surveillance".

So, no more expectation of privacy even when you're looking at inanimate objects. Constant fear that someone is trying to manipulate me into giving them even MORE money. (Well, SOMEONE is going to have to pay for these systems. Guess who that'll be...) Wrap our eyeballs in tinfoil, or what?

dave m · 1 year ago

reminds me of this movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/

Richard Stallman · 1 year ago

Since this article mentions WIPO, it is relevant to point out that
"intellectual property" is a propaganda term which carries both bias
and confusion. Anyone that uses that term is either confused or
trying to confuse you; in the case of WIPO, it is the latter. See
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html for more explanation.

Erik Balcome · 1 year ago

Marketing genius. Although I do not agree with the principles involved, it is a pretty nifty idea. Invariably, however, no matter how "gizmoish (tm)" it may be, I say stuff it. Patent or no patent, this should not be allowed. Yes, we may be able to use it to catch petofiles or thiefs, but we can not forget that the majority of us are honest people - let's please, please keep some things private.