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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Corn_DogPosted:
Mentalist I have nothing to hide, but if people really care they could just unplug their Kinect.
it really is that easy, good move on their part
Corn_DogPosted:
DawPawnStarsMentalist I have nothing to hide, but if people really care they could just unplug their Kinect.
That's what a few of my friends are planning on doing, most of em are making it easy and just getting the PS4 :p
I heard you can't unplug it ? Not sure on how the Kinect works.
That's what it was at first but they changed it so you can use the X1 without the kinect
DawPosted:
PawnStarsMentalist I have nothing to hide, but if people really care they could just unplug their Kinect.
That's what a few of my friends are planning on doing, most of em are making it easy and just getting the PS4 :p
I heard you can't unplug it ? Not sure on how the Kinect works.
Corn_DogPosted:
Mentalist I have nothing to hide, but if people really care they could just unplug their Kinect.
That's what a few of my friends are planning on doing, most of em are making it easy and just getting the PS4 :p
MentalistPosted:
I have nothing to hide, but if people really care they could just unplug their Kinect.
Corn_DogPosted:
Shen People seriously need to get over this. If you are afraid of them "watching you do something", just turn it around or unplug it ...
Or do what others said, either play naked all the time or just constantly do disgusting things in front of it to scare off anyone watching ;)
Evo8Posted:
People seriously need to get over this. If you are afraid of them "watching you do something", just turn it around or unplug it ...
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