Those concerned about the potential for the Xbox One's Kinect camera to scan their face and upload that data to the cloud can breathe a sigh of relief. Microsoft director of product planning Albert Penello said in a NeoGAF post that this won't happen for privacy reasons.
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But who gets access to the console?
Also known as NSA.
The moment you use a tablet or smartphone BOOM your info has been archived in the NSA.
Whats even funnier is that almost all of the same folks who are so "worried" share pics of themselves online, aka Facebook.
You know what goes on with NSA and etc? right?
defence mode? lmao....ok g.n.f. first off pls do not mistake me for some naive or ignorant fb like most of the guys in here..how many times does ms have to put this issue to rest?its frustrating..and its because of these guys ms made the deceision to remove the mandatory kinect feature.but yet dont people skype, dont they use social feeds,use pc cameras, upload photos and have phones constantly connected to the internet? the nsa has enough avenues to gather data already and dude i will defend ms whenever i see gamers act like whinny and unreasonable beings&imo ms should be given a break...so dude if that is being defensive..i plead guilty..
Entering or leaving the US? Fingerprint!
Applying for new passport? Biometrics which include photo from several angles and fingerprint.
Personally, I would like for MS to store my facial info so I can log into any Xbox One without having to redo the facial scan.
Stop trolling? The ones who say it's spying on you are trolling. American insecurity I guess. You think everyone wanna spy on you and see you taking a dump.
So chill out and if you're still going a little freaky deaky about it, chuck your phone, laptop, webcam, tablet and camera aware console in the bin.. safe in the knowledge that you dodged this particular bullet with aplomb. Oh and just incase, I'd give London or any major city a wide birth too, cos you never know!.
Maybe move to the countryside and live in a hut?
And data tracking should be turned off by default, MS shouldn't take advantage of casual consumers lack of knowledge on the issue
If the situation was reversed, and the PS4 had every policy Microsoft tried to implement, and the XBone came out smelling like roses and 100.00 cheaper, he would still go with the PS4.
This is how sad this console "war" is.
Enlighten yourself. Please, for your own sake.
http://www.zerohedge.com/co...
In the other hand, i guess u will use fake names on the consoles to use your credit card, i mean u can totally make a fake name and use your credit card right, and u can fake your video, i mean, the person that will show in the camera is just a mask..
When it comes to hacking... there is 0 percent chance that this wont be hacked. Anything made by man can be hacked so we can pretty much forget about this.
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The fact is if you have a camera and it's some how attached to the open internet you put yourself at risk from both criminals and law enforcement.
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
The good news is, their no conceivable reason to believe recording gamers would beat fruit in the fight against terrorism...
PS, wasn't it Sony's network that lost compromised the credit card information of millions of users? Information security is everyone issue.
Right?
Look at the iPhone 5s, it's possible to believe that it was even designed in hand 'with' the government. All those fingerprints, easily obtained willingly.
You really concerned about hackers and privacy, you prooobably wouldn't own technology - period. You all need to relax with this Kinect spying, NSABox stuff lol.
It makes even conspiracy theorist, look more mature than gamers. They say it aint, it aint. if it is, we will never know about it...until someone leaks something or speaks up.
yet no one is STILL talking about how Sony plans to make their PSN infrastructure more secure and better - especially after what happened in 2011. But we're just all supposed to pay $49.99 now for no reason and not ask questions?
That Microsoft hate is strong.
I also doubt that the Xbone/XBL plays nice with proxy servers, VPNs, encryption, or any other method of masking internet communications.
False equivalency: look it up.
And Microsoft never lies, either, so I guess I can believe you with no fear.
"If the NSA concerns you that much, smash all the phones in your home, light your PC's on fire and sit the corner with the lights off and cry since you're that scared."
Don't forget the tin foil hat. I have absolutely nothing to hide. And I guess people magically forgot that we no longer have to hook kinect up to the console for it to work. ლ(ಠ_ಠლ) Gamers are disappointing these days.
I was like " WTF of all the things you go after its the graphics !!?? That's like saying your kindergarten drawings look better than Vincent von Gogh's starry night"
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-lol, I think I'll use this whenever I refer to Kinect.
Because MS SAID SO...
Thats brilliant.
one more electronic device to know everything of you.
anything that was set up afterwards was always as a "just in case" measure. the fact is that there has been absolutely no reports of any misuse of any information as a result of the hack.
just come out of the closet as a MS fanboy, already, and quit the charade.
"Did I say Microsoft were safe?...."
You implied it you fanboy. You try to play this "even-handed" game, but we all know who you are. Charade indeed.
Personally, I don't have anything to hide, but I can imagine those partaking in criminal activity might be a bit nervous about it.
You do know that you can place any bad situation and 'live with it' under your mind destroying sophistry.
Your right it's the fascist, unconstitutional, unamerican, exploitative, collapsing society we live in.
...and it's part of the reason of WHY we are living in that way.
Also you are completely wrong about what people need to do. What people need to do is force those institutions BACK into a sane reality and allow the various transactions without being exploited.
It's not paranoia when it's the truth. You might want to reevaluate the non-thinking and definitely bent over and pumped up the butt reality you claim is our only option.
You should end with 'thank you sir may I have another'. But at this point you're just resigned that there is no other way.
There is no reason we can't have a modern society without privacy. We just can't have one without a functioning constitution, which IS the situation we're in.
..and to software lover...no we haven't caused our own unavoidable fate.
It's entirely avoidable, entirely reverse able, and it wasn't cause by us...it was presented to us as legit and everything nefarious was done behind the scenes.
Wake up people, and start learning how to think rather then use bs logic that has no basis in reality.
Only fools, morons, and the mentally ill resign themselves to not stop obvious crimes from happening against them. Let alone allow these crimes be institutionalized and normalized. Again, it's not paranoia when it is #truthfact happening.
Wake up
history is a lie
religion is a control system
money is a hoax
media is a manipulation
government is a corporation
the system is corrupt
you are a commodity
you are a slave
with almost 10 billion people in this world I can only hope for a worldly catastrophic event that will minimize the population to start a new path for human evolution. We all have voices but there just echoes lost in a sea of desperation
Sort of related.
Make sure you read your user agreements ladies and gentlemen.
So either Albert Penello is spouting more BS, or that feature no longer exists.
In other words...lying through their teeth.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to choose to NOT be naive.
"No, you're just being paranoid for no reason."
Am I?... Well, what about the mountain-sized pile of evidence that has amassed throughout history that suggests I have every right to be suspicious?
Sure, I'm paranoid... about half as paranoid as you are naive.
Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser: I don't trust company after NSA revelations
http://www.theguardian.com/...
(obviously just another insecure Sony fanboy)
"“How many people are in the living room? Are they taking any action based on the advertising they just saw? Can we watch the customers’ reaction, and if we can, do we have the capability of showing a different ad, or the same ad, depending on what the reaction was?” – Lynn Watts, Xbox Manager (source = CNET)"
Yes Kinect is watching and yes that information is heading somewhere.
But Penello lied because he said it WASN'T doing this...even though anyone with a brain has known for most of the year THIS was going to go on.
It IS going to be a window into your living room and they will be watching you more intently then you are watching the TV.
All this data will be up on the marketplace....open to any of the thousands of corporations currently engaged in buying and selling this data.
Just imagine all the damaging data Kinect can tell your health insurance, your life insurance, your employer, your school, so on and so forth.
..and remember you don't have to be part of the gov't to get a hold of NSA crap. You could literally be any bum off the street.
But trust Microsoft because they say they take your privacy serious. Yes as in they can get serious money for violating it like they have for decades in more ways then you can dream of.
Just remember anything that touches the internet can be spied on, and then some.
Have fun with that. Just like Facebook doesn't sell your data...
I choose the console without the required spy camera. My money is my voice.