[TranceAm]

Originally Posted by atom.Man

I have a hunch it may be something about audio and/or visual surveillance.

Something like this:

Subject: HD TV
From: Blue Man
Date: Sun, October 19, 2008
To: Ken Adachi

This chap is right on the button about delay times with HDTV, but I wonder if anyone has had the nerve to open up their new plasmas and LCD TV's? If you do, then search a little and you will find the answer to why HDTV is being made mandatory around the world.

In 4 separate name brands of these devices, we have found a tiny camera.....yes, a camera.....focusing on YOU!

Try it your self, don't take our word for it, but we are finding heaps of them. So, who wants to know what goes on in your household?
Same people who operate the cameras in traffic!! Get rid of your TV, and get a life!

http://educate-yourself.org/lte/HDTV...s19oct08.shtml

1984

Counter: http://www.naimark.net/projects/zap/howto.html :-)

Or this:

The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-150467.html

Counter: put your cellphone in front/on top of the speaker of your working audio system... :-) Or don't take it with you wherever you go.