On Apr 13, 7:47�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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On Apr 12, 9:59?pm, wrote:
"Arbitron: PPMs Track HD Radio"

http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/200...track_hd_radio

Hey Eduard, you were sure quick to jump on this one:

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"Arbitron: PPMs Track HD Radio"
? Reply #19 on: Today at 11:10:24 am ?

"This thing is creepy. *Doesn't anyone have any concerns about how
easy it would be to turn this thing into an eavesdropping device?
Imagine...a business exec has a discussion about confidential info
from the car. *The PPM, instead of recording only the tones from the
radio, is also trojaned to record the entire audio spectrum, which
gets compressed, stored in its memory, and sent off to a third party."

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index....,68627.10.html

Too bad, sucka - there are already some doubts ! *Can't try and ban me
for this one, sucka !

This reeks of black helicopters and there is no basis for the concern. In
fact, the posters blindly assumed the Arbitron PPM transmitted data by means
of the Internet, while the fact is the PPM transmits nothing. It docks to a
base in the participant's home where data is downloaded if the PPM "checks"
and then sent by phone to Arbitron. If a dock fails to report in, it is
deactivated. The PPM does not continue to operate if not docked, in fact.

Since a panel is only about 0.003% of the population, it is pretty hard to
even find someone with a meter... and by the time you might find one or two,
they will be off the panel.

The real issue is that Arbitron has no difficulty building panels in the
market areas already being measured and is rolling out 50 markets over the
next 2 1/2 years, representing half the US population.- Hide quoted text -

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Who gives a ****, what you think - it is only consumers, facts, and
rumors that count !