“In George Orwell’s 1984, the oppressive rulers of Oceania use devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens,” Jasper Hamill reports for Metro.co.uk. “Now Facebook looks set to follow in the Party’s footsteps by putting its own firm’s microphones and cameras into people’s homes.”
“The social network is planning to release its first ever piece of consumer hardware which will be called Portal and cost a whopping $499 (£368), a website called Cheddar has claimed,” Hamill reports. “The device will feature a 15-inch screen, a wide-angle camera with facial recognition and microphones to allow voice control. It’s expected to use facial recognition to allow people to log into their accounts without having to type in passwords and will be dedicated to video chat.”
“The gadget has been designed by a shadowy Facebook department called Building 8 that’s also working on mind-reading technology,” Hamill reports. “Building 8 is a top secret Facebook division which used to be headed up by Regina E. Dugan, former boss of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is dedicated to military research. Last year, Facebook admitted its own research wing was working on technology which can read people’s minds at 100 words per minute.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Not with a 10-light-year pole.
If you soon walk into friends’ houses and find “FaceBook Portal” units, you’ll know you need friends with much higher IQs.
We haven’t had personal FaceBook accounts for many years now. And happily so. — MacDailyNews, May 11, 2017
Beyond the privacy aspect, Facebook is Creepster Central. It’s a Narcissists’ Paradise. In general, yuck. — MacDailyNews, March 27, 2015
SEE ALSO:
Facebook is giving the US government more and more data – December 21, 2017
Former Facebook exec: Facebook is ‘destroying how society works’ – December 11, 2017
In bid to curtail ‘revenge porn,’ Facebook wants you to send your own nude images via Messenger – November 8, 2017
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Russian Facebook ads didn’t elect President Trump – November 2, 2017
Young people are leaving Facebook – August 22, 2017
If you haven’t already, it’s time to remove Facebook from your life – May 11, 2017
How to delete your online existence, while saving your data – March 1, 2017
Free ‘Data Selfie’ tool reveals how creepy Facebook tracks and studies your activity – February 17, 2017
Facebook begins tracking non-users around the internet – May 27, 2016
Former Facebook workers: We routinely suppressed conservative news – May 9, 2016
FCC won’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking you – November 6, 2015
European Commission: Don’t use Facebook if you don’t want to be spied on – March 27, 2015
Edward Snowden’s privacy tips: ‘Get rid of Dropbox,” avoid Facebook and Google – October 13, 2014
Tim Berners-Lee: You should own your personal data, not Google, Facebook, Amazon, and advertisers – October 8, 2014
Facebook conducts massive psychology experiment on 700,000 unaware users, and you may have been a guinea pig – June 28, 2014
Why Apple really values your privacy – unlike Google, Facebook, or Amazon – June 25, 2014
U.S. NSA used Facebook to hack into computers – March 12, 2014
How to permanently delete your Facebook account – December 16, 2013
Study finds link between number of Facebook friends and ‘socially disruptive’ narcissism – April 10, 2012
…in Building 8, you will find Room 101
“2+2=5, Winston.”
So you still think the government is spying on you? well, think again.
Some time ago, I came home complaining about walmart’s slow cashiers, then I opened Youtube in my phone and the first thing I see was a wallmart ad.
that has happen A LOT!, not one, not 2, but more than 100 times with different products or companies.
I have iphones, iwatches and apple tv at home. Is apple also spying on us too?
No need to think again. The state is just utilizing the tech of various corporations as we use their tech to do it to ourselves.
All for the sake of “convenience”.
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” – Pogo, Earthday 1971
Facebook, Google and Amazon are all enemies of privacy. They will actively pretend they know what’s best for you going forward as the Millenials foolishly suck (without sense of alarm) on their teet.
Teat.
but this is where all tech is heading. Siri is scorned and supposedly limited because she’s kept out of an indi’s personal info…like some competitors The combined effect of enticing/magnetic effect of some tech devices and the steam-rolling of intrusion, is causing me more and more to (re) embrace the non-tech essentials/pleasures. Imagining I’ve left something behind by doing so is real, but untrue.
that’s right kids! If its “free” you are not the customer- you are the product!
Yeh-heh-heh-hehhhsssssss . . .
I wonder what happens if we all buy these things and then, for the required daily Two Minutes Hate, we all scream “You Suck-erberg!” at the screen for the entire time?!?
Come onnnn . . . I keed.
I keed because I hate.
You mean what Dog?
Look it up. “1984”. The novel.
It was a thing.
And it’s all coming true… all we need now is the thought police.
And btw – IF youlot havent read the book ‘1984’ then you need to and be educated because that book has outlined exectly whats happening.
READ IT AND LEARN WHERE ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING – it aint a nice future!
Let me just whip this out.
“Hey, where da white women at?”
“Another schnitzengruben?”
I sure sound stupid arguing for privacy and freedom in the light of how willing and eager so many are to surrender it.
Good for you – not stupid at all.
The sad thing is, many don’t realize they are surrendering anything. They have been brainwashed to think of google and FB services as features for the benefit of the user
The good news is that the FBI will be able to hack into them not only increasing their law enforcement abilities but the abilities to see who is sleeping with their wives.
um, iSight, Facetime …
What did I just read. ? ?
Mind-reading tech. What. the.
Where can I order my protective hat??
Don’t worry, FaceBook are already developing a special protective hat ( with built in camera, microphone and electrodes ) to keep you completely safe.
Time to disconnect.
I know two engineers at facebook and you guessed it, they dont have facebookor any social media profiles because they know whats going on.
Even Mark Zuckerberg has his camera and microphone blocked on all the hardware he uses – say’s alot about Facebook if the CEO is even limited access.
Lesson to learn there folk…