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Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show

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Post by yhager »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #81
floatrock wrote: post #42

I RTFA, I know this an arduino-based DIY hobby project. But if something like this ever comes out for real, the ability to doze off and pause your TV show will be a trojan horse... You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... ) Sure, downloading the Netflix pau…

Oh its a lot more sinister than that, and its already here. An app I tried to run on my Android phone would run a video ad before it started, it used the front facing camera to determine if someone was looking at the phone. I looked away and started typing on my laptop and the ad paused, I looked back and it restarted, I looked away and the ad paused. I looked back and deleted the App.

once again, a "Black Mirror" episode got it right. In "15 Million Merits", they pause the ad when you close your eyes or look away and will keep saying in a stern voice to look back at the screen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

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Post by jzzskijj »

njharman wrote: post #160

I thought title meant some socket library or socks proxy? Came here to mention how, out of context, people would be confused wondering what Netflix foot underwear has to do with networking. Only to realize I was the fool. ;)

For a moment I stopped to wonder what kind of mind reading capabilities their clients have, if even their sockets could tell when the viewer isn't receiving :)

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Post by manigandham »

floatrock wrote: post #42

I RTFA, I know this an arduino-based DIY hobby project. But if something like this ever comes out for real, the ability to doze off and pause your TV show will be a trojan horse... You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... ) Sure, downloading the Netflix pau…

Just to clear something up - Nielsen might be an old company but they have plenty of technology that can be deployed - just depends on what their business customers are looking for.

Re: Netflix socks detect when you've dozed off and pause your TV show

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Post by rewqfdsa »

Kronopath wrote: post #168
urs2102 wrote: post #157

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It's like Black Mirror's Fifteen Million Merits[0]. If you want a great show about stuff in this space, check out Black Mirror. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

Link to the relevant scene [kind of NSFW]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5eGo1vE41w I can say I've had a lot of moments where I run into a situation in my actual life that makes me feel like I'm living in an episode of this show. It's a modern-day Twilight zone, and although I wouldn't say it's always a hit, when it's good, it's really good.

Thanks. That scene convinced me to give the show a chance.

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Post by inopinatus »

taternuts wrote: post #139
inopinatus wrote: post #119

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Even such prompts are disingenuous. They amount to a salami attack against the user's privacy, because the overwhelming majority of users will authorize Yes on a per-app basis just to take a look, without really considering the potential consequences. See also: server admins who accept SSH host keys without verification.

The people who mindlessly click 'Yes' are generally the ones who don't care about the privacy implications of enabling such things though. I know I care, and I have uninstalled several apps after they've started asking for ridiculous permissions to enable non-essential features that I don't care about.

Sure, but we need to be thinking beyond ourselves. You sound pretty pleased with your own approach to software hygiene, and good for you, but it's easy to be rigorous when you understand the implications. Educating end-users won't move that needle much. What I'd like to see is a mobile device stack I could recommend to my dad, with high privacy assurance that he can't inadvertently compromise.

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Post by johansch »

blhack wrote: post #70
robertcorey wrote: post #41

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I think you may have sleep apnea.

Huh, my dad has sleep apnea. What about waking up to Star Trek makes you think that, though? What I mean by waking up is like: do you ever wake up in the middle of the night to the dog wanting to go out, or a noise outside or something? You come awake just enough to process what is going on, and then go back to sleep right away. For instance: sometimes I'll wake up to the really faint sound of somebody jingling keys…

There's an easy way to figure it out: record the sound of yourself sleeping using an app made for the purpose.
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