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Yahoo Files Patent For All-Seeing Billboard
- The Mirror UK, Thursday, October 13, 2016 8:30 AM
Remember that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise walks through the shopping centre and gets bombarded with advertising? Yahoo's latest plan isn't quite as bad as that, but it's still a step in the same direction. The company, which already has a bad track record with security, has filed a patent for a camera-equipped "smart" billboard that will personalise ads in the real world.
