| Torikun | yo | 16:50 |
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| bkerensa | raevol: If you use HULU, Netflix, Any Network/Cable Connect DVR your viewing preferences and remote control use is logged and sent to Rentrak | 19:22 |
| bkerensa | they build up a profile on you and then resell it to tv networks and advertisers | 19:23 |
| bkerensa | so the LG smart tv is not much spying in the grand scheme of things ;) | 19:23 |
| bkerensa | oh and they are plugged into gaming (Xbox Live, PSN, Various Game Publishers) | 19:24 |
| bkerensa | http://www.rentrak.com/section/movies_and_tv_everywhere/about_movies_and_tv_everywhere.html | 19:24 |
| bkerensa | :) | 19:24 |
| darthrobot | Title: [About Movies & TV Everywhere | Rentrak] | 19:24 |
| * bkerensa has a few friends who work there and I'm amazed by the data they collect ;) | 19:25 | |
| raevol | haha | 19:27 |
| raevol | good thing i just don't watch TV | 19:27 |
| raevol | or own any consoles | 19:27 |
| raevol | Steam probably collects my gaming habits, but all they'll know is that i barely have time to game and wish i could game mor | 19:27 |
| raevol | more* | 19:27 |
| bkerensa | imho I don't care if networks know that I watch too much treys anatomy | 19:28 |
| bkerensa | greys* | 19:28 |
| bkerensa | or Sons of Anarchy or any other show | 19:28 |
| akk | TV networks don't advertise per-customer, though, do they? Or have things changed that much since I stopped having TV? | 19:43 |
| raevol | i dunno, for me it's less what they do or don't do with the data, but instead that they even have the data and could do all kinds of things with it | 19:44 |
| raevol | but there's a lot to the subject... anyway | 19:45 |
| akk | Yeah, so much for "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product" -- since even if you're paying, you're still the product. | 19:47 |
| raevol | haha yea | 19:48 |
| raevol | it's just up to us to fight back | 19:48 |
| raevol | encryption, alternative distribution, non-consumerism, etc | 19:48 |
| akk | I don't think I'm willing to stop renting movies to fight back against that. | 19:54 |
| raevol | you don't have to stop watching movies to stop using invasive distribution services :P | 21:12 |
| pleia2 | hulu does targeted advertising per customer (on the web version there's even an "is this ad relevant to you?" button for some commercials) | 21:17 |
| blitz | just don't ever answer | 22:03 |
| akk | raevol: What's the alternative? Illegal bittorrent downloading? | 22:09 |
| akk | Any rental service will know what we rent. | 22:10 |
| raevol | you can see movies in a theater | 22:10 |
| raevol | you can buy dvds | 22:10 |
| raevol | you can watch them at friend's houses | 22:11 |
| raevol | there's lots of things to do | 22:11 |
| akk | The first two cost orders of magnitude more ... guess I'm too poor/cheap to choose privacy. :) | 22:12 |
| akk | well, an order of magnitude, not plural orders | 22:12 |
| raevol | maybe you should spend less time watching netflix and more time making money then :P hahaha | 22:13 |
| raevol | you're complaining about the cost of a leisure activity | 22:13 |
| akk | We watch (some part of) a movie nearly every night. And I'm pretty happy with that model, for now. | 22:15 |
| akk | so, oh well, someone tracks what we watch ... I really don't see an easy way to avoid that. | 22:15 |
| raevol | yea i guess it just depends on what's important to you | 22:18 |
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