No secret NSA Xbox One Kinect conspiracy, Xbox exec claims
Concerns over Kinect's more surreptitious possibilities were raised as far back as May when the device was revealed. Days after the next-gen console was showcased for the first time, Peter Schaar, Germany's federal commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, claimed:
"The Xbox continuously records all sorts of personal information about me. Reaction rates, my learning or emotional states. These are then processed on an external server, and possibly even passed on to third parties. Whether they will ever [be] deleted, the person can not influence".
The controversy coincided with a major scandal sparked by former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed that data from the world's biggest software companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft et al) were provided to state officials, in many cases in a manner that has no legal protection.
Since those revelations, Microsoft has come under significant scrutiny regarding its privacy policies. In July it was discovered that Microsoft supplied email and Skype details to the NSA. The corporation said it was legally bound to not discuss the matter openly.
Doubts and suspicions over Microsoft's handling of personal data has not abated. Late in September, a former Microsoft privacy adviser said he no longer trusts the company after reading about the NSA mass-surveillance operation.
Days later it was revealed that Microsoft handed over the personal information of more than a thousand customers to Australian government agents in the first half of 2013.
The assumed fear is that Microsoft will use, or be forced to use, Kinect as part of the state's mass surveillance operations. But on Thursday a marketing executive, Albert Penello, made some assurances about customers' control over Xbox.
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MenschPosted:
How about the voice data that they may or may not be collecting from voice chat. If you are opting out of having terminator hooked up to your One, consider not using a mic either. Also has anyone confirmed if the day one edition comes with a tinfoil hat?
Corn_DogPosted:
ooh They said it won't happen, so that means we have to take their word, right?
Yeah, I'm not sure what else you would go by
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
All I have to say is the word "Conspiracy" Unless someone shows me proof I am not going to believe it I never believed it anyways. It's a stupid thought if you actually believe it in my opinion but there you go.
Corn_DogPosted:
UrfPawnStarssir_grecoDr-JGigahertz It was pretty stupid to think that the NSA would be spying on you via kinect anyway.
If people get crazy about this what do they think about their phone camera texts and calls being tapped by the gov. Daily lol
exactly what i was thinking. especially with snapchat and apps like that. we all know what snapchat was really made for
I thought snapchat was made to send appropriate photos to your chums
Nah it was made for the NSA so they can look at all of our **** pics and laugh at us.
I hope they don't laugh at mine...that much ;)
UrfPosted:
PawnStarssir_grecoDr-JGigahertz It was pretty stupid to think that the NSA would be spying on you via kinect anyway.
If people get crazy about this what do they think about their phone camera texts and calls being tapped by the gov. Daily lol
exactly what i was thinking. especially with snapchat and apps like that. we all know what snapchat was really made for
I thought snapchat was made to send appropriate photos to your chums
Nah it was made for the NSA so they can look at all of our dick pics and laugh at us.
Corn_DogPosted:
sir_grecoDr-JGigahertz It was pretty stupid to think that the NSA would be spying on you via kinect anyway.
If people get crazy about this what do they think about their phone camera texts and calls being tapped by the gov. Daily lol
exactly what i was thinking. especially with snapchat and apps like that. we all know what snapchat was really made for
I thought snapchat was made to send appropriate photos to your chums
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