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Comment by grawprog

Yes I can see the discussion at hardware manufacturers now.

Marketing: 'So, we can monitor users and collect sellable data through a camera hidden behind their monitor?'

Engineer: 'Why yes, but maybe we should allow users to disable this through some kind of hardware switch. It could lead to potential privacy violations etc.'

Marketing: 'If they turned it off could we still collect marketable data?'

Engineer: 'Well no...that's sort of the point...'

Marketing: 'I see...so invisible hidden cameras that can't be disabled you say?'

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parent grawprog 6 years ago

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