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Microsoft patents speech censoring
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| Microsoft has been awarded patent number 7,437,290 in which an input audio
| data stream comprising speech is processed by an automatic censoring filter
| in either a real-time mode, or a batch mode.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/20/microsoft-patents-censoring
Holy f**k, Microsoft covers up ‘undesired’ words
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| It's not entirely clear where Microsoft's interest in this technology lies.
| But such a move could be looked upon favourably by the Chinese government,
| which consistently attempts to censor much of the web.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/20/microsoft_bleeps_undesired_words_censorship/
Microsoft Patents Technology to Limit Your Freedoms
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| To those who are fans of Net Neutrality, and surrounding issues, such as DRM
| and the limiting of our rights, it may come as no surprise that Microsoft
| continues to champion against our rights of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of
| Press.
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http://vwbusguy.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/microsoft-patents-technology-to-limit-your-freedoms/
Microsoft: where Evil meets Technology.
Related:
Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
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| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could
| we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status
| messages?
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-mother-of-all-adware-systems.html
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