Digital Home Thoughts: Talk to your Friends and Relatives in HD with Skype

"It was just last month at CES when Skype announced its partnerships with LG Electronics and Panasonic to deliever Skype-enabled TVs to the market. Today Samsung is announcing that all Samsung LED 7000 and 8000 series HDTVs will be Skype-enabled as well."

I can see how some people might like this idea, but the picture that Skype presents somehow seems a bit creepy to me. I think the whole concept of something that is for all intents and purposes 'always on' that can snoop on me tickles my privacy bone. While it is probably quite comfortable and natural to talk to your peeps through a big screen so it is almost like you are in the same room, for all I know, some school administrator could be sneaking snapshots while I sit in front of the TV and fulfil my guilty pleasures like The Princess Bride or The Pirate Movie. Does anyone see something like this as a good idea?