Thursday, February 1, 2007

Forced Targeted Advertising in Schools

Microsoft has applied for a patent that would use face-recognition webcams and CAPTCHAs to ensure that school computer users are paying attention to ads and 'disabling or even repossessing the computer' if they're not.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070033102%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070033102&RS=DN/20070033102

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