How many of you Tivo users out there feel comfortable with this story?

When Justin Timberlake tore at Janet Jackson's leather outfit during Sunday's Super Bowl half-time show, TiVo users took notice.

Then they took notice again and again, using the digital video recorder to replay the event and to pause at the crucial moment in order to discern just what it was that Jackson had revealed to millions of Americans.

TiVo said that particular halftime stunt was the most replayed moment not only of the Super Bowl but of all TV moments that the young company has ever measured.

That's right, Tivo keeps tabs on your viewing, pausing, and replay habits. Remember that next time you keep playing back the steamy moments of your Skinemax 'After Dark' movie.

How long before a viewers playback habits are used by the government? Perhaps Tivo data could have been used to see whether Timothy McVeigh had an affinity for violent movies. Or perhaps we could have seen if Jeffrey Dahmer was attracted to scenes of violence and cruelty against humans or animals.

With emphasis being increasingly placed on "hate crimes", it's only a matter of time before Tivo data will be subpoenaed by courts to testify against a person's frame of mind.

With technology like this, the only limits are your imagination.