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Facebook Plans Camera-Equipped TV Device, Report Says (cheddar.com)
Facebook is developing hardware for the TV, news outlet Cheddar reported Tuesday. From the report: The world's largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits atop a TV and allows video calling along with entertainment services like Facebook's YouTube competitor, according to people familiar with the matter. The project, internally codenamed "Ripley," uses the same core technology as Facebook's recently announced Portal video chat device for the home. Portal begins shipping next month and uses A.I. to automatically detect and follow people as they move throughout the frame during a video call. Facebook currently plans to announce project Ripley in the spring of 2019, according to a person with direct knowledge of the project. But the device is still in development and the date could be changed.
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When time comes for me to buy a new TV, if I can't find a non-smart, non-camera equipped TV then I'll forgo the purchase.
Too much nonsense in modern TVs, too much crap I'm being asked to pay for that I don't want.
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Srsly, what the actual fuck.
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...Can we stop calling them set-top-boxes... I can hardly balance a Bic pen on the top of my TV, let alone any kind of electronic device.
Also, this is stupid... nobody wants more Facebook in their lives.
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Awesome, 'cause there's no one I trust more than FB with security, to make sure that camera is never used unknowingly to the owner.
Love many, trust a few, do harm to none.
No fucking way I spend money on that.
If you buy one, you just increase their number of units sold which is a strong marketing bullet point.
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2. TV without a spy cam for The Man.
3. Phone without a spy cam for The Man.
4. Car without an "eco" nag feature
5. Thermostat without a microphone
6. Car with manual windows
7. Phone without TCP/IP stack that also has modern 4G connectivity and a easily replaced battery
8. Apple or M$ desktop OS without an "App Store"
9. Car without a GPS and camera that will upload to The Man via The Cloud
10. Computer OS from Apple or M$ without "management" features or a forced upgrade death clock.
What kind of idiot would willingly invite facebook into their home in this fashion? It's bad enough how they have dug in like a horrible, privacy invading tick into out phones and browsers, and now this?
Fuck off.
Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure. And by "it", I mean all of Facebook.
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What would be the point of a phone with 4G but no TCP/IP stack?
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spy machine that gets hacked as soon as it's hooked up? uh, no.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
The ability to use modern cell towers (4G vs 3G) which also gives you lower battery usage, but without the need to worry about the phone being hacked over IP or by crappy applications that depend on TCP/IP and thus create lots (how every many apps you use) of tiny attack surfaces on your phone. I don't want apps. I don't want a phone that can do anything but calls and SMS. To that end, it'd also be nice if the call and SMS log wiped itself after about 12 hours. Haven't seen that feature set anywhere, but it's probably because I'm about the only person left on Earth who thinks phone apps are the most laughable useless excuses for applications I've ever seen (and nowhere near worth the security risk).
There is, however, the possibility that the phone's VoIP stack could be separated by hardware or software from the general purpose IP stack for apps, though. Just don't allow any socket calls in the phone's OS.
... as a cover to get an always-on camera in your living room? How much creepier can facebook get?
My phone has an option to turn off cellular data...
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Cool. I think I've seen that in many phones, but it makes me nervous that it's just a software "option" rather than physically disconnecting something inside. Plus, in one case the phone was still nagging to "upgrade" it's OS even after I turned off cellular data access. Since the transceiver is all commingled with the voice features, I doubt that a kill switch would be an easy feature to make nowadays.
I say we log off, and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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"The project, internally codenamed "Ripley," "
I guess with that name it has a hidden mother(fucker) inside?
And a huge middle finger to you, Facebook.
with an available camera for video calls.
Other than constantly listening to what you are saying, and what you are watching, and the inability to play Netflix, and probably no keyboard, I don't really see anything new here.
The Revue was pretty good for what it was at the time. It died a horrible screaming death, (due to lack of continued support) along with Google TV.
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That's about where Zuckerbook is, now, they're hardly even trying to hide the fact that they're spying on everyone and want to do it more.
What's next, Zuckerbook? Convincing people they should put their sex lives and bathroom visits on Facebook, too? Facebook ankle monitors?
Facebook is no longer relevant. The platform is currently being rapidly abandoned while brand toxicity reaches new heights.
Even if by some miracle they were to produce something completely unmolested by corporate sociopaths devoid of creeptastic stalker malware nobody would trust them enough to care.
"Portal begins shipping next month and uses A.I. to automatically detect and follow people as they move throughout the frame during a video call.
No way this could ever be misused or exploited or hacked or whatever. I mean, if Facebook does it then it must be 100% safe and wholesome, given their incredible, dare I say outstanding track record on privacy and security.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
DUH. No shit, but has already been said, that TCP/IP stack doesn't have to be shared with the OS or the applications ("apps"). That's the threat vector, not so much the cell carrier.
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I mean, why would anybody buy a device that does the things it says in the summary?
Even if you paid me money to use it, i still wouldn't.
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