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Old 02-23-2009, 12:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Converter Boxes have hidden cameras in them!

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ps It's a hoax! Apprently people have been freaking out over it. lol Wired has an article on it at Hidden Cameras in DTV Converters? YouTube Hoax Fans Conspiracy Fears | Threat Level from Wired.com
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Old 02-23-2009, 01:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It's a myth. i took apart my Zenith DTT901 (long story, i smashed the cover in when i got angry but it didn't destroy the box, just dented it where i didn't like the dent so i fixed it) but the only thing was a blue LED, a power board, and a small form-factor motherboard with an Intel on-board chip and a few integrated circuits i would suspect was ROM for the software. no camera, just the remote sensor.

This is brought about by the same people who used to call 'Pay Cable' the 'Monster in your living room' back when.

Or those who said that the world would end with Y2K. (power company computers cannot switch to the year 2000, causing them to shut down, no power, car computer switching won't work, car won't start blah blah blah)
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Old 02-23-2009, 01:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Or those who said that the world would end with Y2K. (power company computers cannot switch to the year 2000, causing them to shut down, no power, car computer switching won't work, car won't start blah blah blah)
Exactly! As if there isn't enough in the world to be worried about. That video has had over 200,000 hits in just a few days. lol
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Alex jones proved it to be a hoax as well as several other people. The guy soldered a spy cam on it from ebay.
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Old 02-23-2009, 08:29 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Yeah even the MythBusters wouldn't waste their time on this bunk.
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