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infinitetruth
08-06-2007, 02:24 PM
Someone I know bought a top of the range hearing aid for 4 thousand pounds. It is completely computerised and remembers your surroundings to predict noise levels.
He took it back after he was having problems with it and the woman said - you have worn it for just over an hour in the past month, I have all the information here on computer.

If she knows when its switched on, is she able to tell what sounds are going through it - and worse yet, could they possibly record conversations and basically evesdrop on peoples lives?:(:confused: If not surely the technology could be modified so they could?

hagbard_celine
08-06-2007, 05:17 PM
Someone I know bought a top of the range hearing aid for 4 thousand pounds. It is completely computerised and remembers your surroundings to predict noise levels.
He took it back after he was having problems with it and the woman said - you have worn it for just over an hour in the past month, I have all the information here on computer.

If she knows when its switched on, is she able to tell what sounds are going through it - and worse yet, could they possibly record conversations and basically evesdrop on peoples lives?:(:confused: If not surely the technology could be modified so they could?

Next there'll be spectacles that record what you see!

infinitetruth
08-06-2007, 05:24 PM
OMG never thought of that!

hagbard_celine
08-06-2007, 05:32 PM
OMG never thought of that!

I shouldn't have mentioned it. I might be giving them ideas!

:eek: