[ale] Vizio TVs Sucking Privacy

[Jim Kinney]

On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 17:43 -0500, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> Seems my hearing is better than a few selected 20-30 yr olds.  I can
> here some electronic devices when charging that the whippersnappers
> don't hear.  Thought it was tinnitus, but when the devices aren't
> charging, don't hear it.  Also hear some Belkin USB charging plugs.
> 

I can hear nearly everything except being told to wash the dishes. For
some reason those sounds are just absorbed by my surroundingsOW! Why is
my wife hitting me with a dirty pan?!?!?
> > Maybe that email proves that subliminal messages actually
> > work.  Did >
> 
> you feel an urge to drink a coke after reading it?  :p
> 
> Whooooosh.
> 
> Nope. Don't like coke. Prefer pretty much any other drink ... except
> with rum. ;)
> 
> 
> On 02/09/2017 02:47 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > Ultrasonic networks would only be effective around old people. The
> > teens can still hear it well enough for it to be irritant so they
> > leave. No marketing data from/to them :-)
> > 
> > On February 9, 2017 1:43:45 PM EST, "Lightner, Jeffrey" 
> > <JLightner at dsservices.com> wrote:
> > 
> > This like all the hogwash about subliminal advertising by embedding
> > things should be disregarded.   I for one cannot believe such
> > things
> > would ever happen.   Just because someone writes a lot does not
> > allow
> > for this kind of advertising and all who think it does are merely
> > members of the unwashed masses -Buy coca cola! - and would likely
> > miss hidden messages if they existed.   Now is the winter of our
> > discontent made glorious summer by this son of York.
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
> > [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of DJ-Pfulio Sent: Thursday,
> > February 09, 2017 1:20 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Subject:
> > Re:
> > [ale] Vizio TVs Sucking Privacy
> > 
> > On 02/09/2017 01:10 PM, Dustin Strickland wrote:
> > 
> > Anything we can imagine will/or
> > 
> > can be done. Ultra-sonic networking between devices with speakers
> > and microphones.
> > 
> > My god. This is a horrifying concept.
> > 
> > 
> 
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