Tracking Software facts
While investigating facts about Tracking Software, I found out little known, but curios details like:
OK Go added their 35 minute track "9027 km" on their album "Oh No" in order to prevent their label from using the extra space to add DRM software.
OK Go added a 35 minute track of Damien Kulash's sleeping girlfriend to the end of their album "Oh No" in order to prevent their label adding DRM software to the CD.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about Tracking Software I managed to collect.
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30% of commercial chain retailers use facial recognition software to store images of costumers to prevent theft, over 70% track their costumers in some way, world wide.
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On the US release of OK Go's Album "Oh No," they had a track that is just 30 minutes of silence in order to fill the CD so that DRM software couldn't be installed on it.
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Infinity, a K-Space album that requires a computer to play it. Each time it's played, software remixes source material on the disc and produces a new 20-minute musical piece. The CD cannot be paused or fast-forwarded, and there are no tracks to select. The only controls are "PLAY" and "STOP".
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In 1983, the Department of Justice stole people-tracking software from Inslaw, Inc., programmed a back-door into the software, and sold it to foreign governments.
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Scientists used eye tracking software while showing video of officer altercations, such as an officer hitting a resisting person after being bitten. They found that people who asked for greater punishment were more likely from different social groups than officers, and watched them more closely.
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How fast moving objects are tracked on video using mirrors and advanced software.
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During Top Gears review of the Tesla Roadster they intentionally made it look like the car had run out of power, leading them to install software on test vehicles to track bias journalist so they could counter their claims with specific data.
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About Samba TV, a commonly installed advertising software that comes with smart TVs that can track nearly everything that appears on a TV on a second-by-second basis, as well as identify other devices connected to the same network
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NSA permanently targets the privacy-conscious: Merely searching the web for the privacy-enhancing software tools outlined in the XKeyscore rules causes the NSA to mark and track the IP address of the person doing the search.
