[Maru]

Originally Posted by T*

omg that's so interesting, gives a lot more perspective on it all

Yeah they were very open and neutral about what they can pull, the different viewing methods that can be tallied, etc... they don't even care if you watch something pirated... they stressed that without us asking and actually said PirateBay by name. So they must be able to see what goes on there and are open and honest about what they can see... but they just want to track so they have as clear a picture of the demographic as possible... ... so I guess when they say in an article that XYZ program or show was downloaded XYZ number of times or that a lot of Americans download this show from abroad... they do actually know, and it's not as much of a guess as we would think...

They also do check if you turn off a show after first X amt of minutes. They also check if you change during particular commercials... if you will watch commercials that are local, but change on those that are national brands for example... very interesting, the data science.