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    The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    I was once playing a video game when I heard a gentleman explain very earnestly how V-chips, which have been mandatory in all new tv's sold since the late 90's; were actually recording devices so the government could record us through our own televsion screens.


    I said "fine..... if the government wants to watch me play video games and occasionally impeach my bush while watching skinemax...... why should I care?"

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    Image of thewarm thewarm
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    They can't see my brainwaves through my tin foil hat...
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/25/09

    @thewarm: And I can't see the morning sun through my pillow...
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    If the government was secretly watching everyone, who does the watching? Do we outsource it to India? So who watches them to make sure they're watching us? China? yadda yadda yadda. Eventually, it's you watching the back of some guy's head, watching the back of someother guy's head, watching the back of your head.
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    02/25/09

    @Robotic Bilbo Bagins has no use for fleshy ones: And when we're all watching the back of the other guy's head, who is watching the government?
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    Image of Mediocre Mediocre
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    He called it a "RF receiver" where it looks like (and from my experience it is a "IR receiver" and you can see when he takes the front face off of the box the part where light would pass through it it is in the location of the IR receiver and not the "camera". Somebody should have called HOAX!!!!11!!! way before now.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    @Mediocre: there are a good amount of people who don't think and just react. It's why people believe conspiracies.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    Well, while some people watch me with cameras, I doubt the government is one of them. Besides, what can you learn from a 70 year old who watches the price is right and Matlock?
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/24/09

    @OscarWinner_GitEmSteveDave: Or some dude that shaves his legs on the couch, whilst surfing the net.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    02/24/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I never shaved my legs on the couch!
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    You mean people actually fell for it?


    The world is coming to an end.

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Well, lots of people are extremely stupid and unable to think critically. I wouldn't think this would be news to you at all.
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    02/25/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I believe you meant to say "AHHH, The sky is falling!!! ZOMG RUN!!!"
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    In reply to The Government is NOT Spying on You Through Your DTV Converter Box
    Two words: Plausible Deniability.


    I got my tinfoil hat, bra and panties ready.

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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/24/09

    @BeautifulAgony: Yes, I understand that you wear a bra and panties, thanks.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Shocked? Angry? Secretly titillated? All understandable.
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