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Couple left sickened over child porn sent to Xbox

Herald.ie reports -

A HORRIFIED Dublin couple who had child pornography sent to their Xbox while online are demanding to know how the incident happened.

The makers of Xbox are investigating the incident in which the unwitting gamer was sent sickening images of boys naked from the waist down to his console.

The man was playing an online game when an unsolicited message containing the images was sent to him. He immediately told his partner and they contacted the gardai.

dragonelite5150d ago

Can you actually send images to other users or something
on the 360? all i know is you can send messages and sound message.

Nitrowolf25150d ago

idk, but that is just sick, i hope they arrest the person who sent it

GameOn5150d ago

I didn't think you can send images. Maybe video chat.

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Obama5150d ago

Well you can send images over on psn, so I guess xbl should have that feature.

Blaze9295150d ago

You can send picture messages if you have the vision cam. You just attach a picture along with txt and/or voice. But with picture, I believe it's default to only accept messages with pictures from people on your friends list according to your privacy settings.

You can't send attachments of saved images though like PSN. Only pictures you take for that message with the camera.

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IdleLeeSiuLung5150d ago

I'm shocked about the fanboys here making juvenile comments on a serious case like this. Those pictures means some child out there is being taken advantage of.

This can happen on any platform, and as the network continues to grow and become more popular you will have more and more sick people do this sort of thing.

elpresador5150d ago

....cause what I find funny as hell is if a naked pic of a 17 year old is taken and sent toay it is porn and disgusting but if that person turns at tomorrow and it is done then then it is ok.....granted i know they probably mean a pre teen but whatever. Also, on the PS3 you can search and see any kind of porn thanks t the web browser so dont think you cant get porn on your ps3. Still, as the old saying goes. if there is grass on the field play ball as i like to say....or is it if they are old enough to crawl they are in the right position? Or is it if they are old enough to bleed they are old enough for me? Dont matter, as long as they are at LEAST 18 on the day you see them naked or whatever, then it is ok (unless you are say 16 and you see say a 15 year old naked then that could be ok i guess).

MorganX5150d ago

Seriously? The Xbox platform is responsible for pedophiles? This coming from someone who creates a Hitler account. Only in America.

Danteh5150d ago

yeah I actually facepalmed when a guy named freaking Adolf Hitler expressed an opinion about this matter, wtf

God_Of_Epicness5150d ago

Only On Xbox LIVE.

On-Topic

This i think is just a publicity stunt you know what i mean? It doesn't make sense. Calling cops just cos someone send you a porn picture while you were playing games in the net? Well, Hello and welcome to the new millennium friends, this ain't 1980 anymore. I won't report it to the cops cos i'll look so desperate.

MorganX5150d ago

Sending pornography to a minor is a crime. Sending child pornography to anyone is a crime. They did the right thing calling the police.

JonnyBadfinger5150d ago

Im a little concerned about what you just wrote buddy, you say you wouldnt report to the authorities but you also fail to mention that you would delete it. Plan on keeping it for yourself do ya?

Anyway you can only send 1 picture per message and that article states that mulitple were sent, yet only the 1 message.

And those who are saying you NEED a XBLIVE Vision Camera are wrong, its a little thing called Photo Party which allows you to send images to friends from your USB, Computer and Digital camera.... i think i dunno never used it so, not 100% sure on how the feature works but i think thats right.

As distasteful as those pictures are there aint much Xbox LIVE can do to stop it, at the end of the day the person pressing the button that decides what gets sent. Plus its not like the pictures can be sent anonymously... you need a gamertag to use xbox live and they all require some level of personal information, credit cards, email, names, address, and i would assume they can find your IP address(cause its one of there ban methods: IP bans), so even if thei was a real story (doubt it) the idiot who sent the pictures may as well start digging his grave now.

thedarkestfaction5150d ago

I would love to receive something like that so I can go to their house, bash their brains in, and save their children from an unfortunate future. They do not deserve to take another breath on this earth for treating a child like that.

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GR8 15150d ago (Edited 5150d ago )

That's sick anyway you can't send porn over xbox live this is just made up bull sh*t by Sony and Sony Fans.

mrv3215150d ago

Can you send pictures over xbox live?

MorganX5150d ago (Edited 5150d ago )

Yes, you can send pictures over Live! You have to take the pic with the Live! Camera. It makes great pictures of pictures.

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Gamer7l5150d ago

You have to ACTIVELY VIEW an image, if sent in a message....and you have the option to only receive such messages from people on your friends list.

Tekton0145150d ago

then maybe he opened the picture, who wouldn't if they were sent a message? common sense?

Gamer7l5150d ago (Edited 5150d ago )

Really....are you that ignorant?? What's your e-mail? I have something really cool to send you. :o

If you don't know the person who sent you the message, a SMART person would just delete the message, WITHOUT VIEWING IT.

dktxx25150d ago

Its good he opened it. if he didnt open it we wouldnt know someone was doing this sick sh!t.

xbox live messages are different from emails. i dont think there are 360 viruses floating around, because theirs nothing useful to steal on a 360. no credit or bank information whatsoever. thats stored with Microsoft on their own systems. so if someone sends you a message feel free to open it. just tell your kids differently.

rexus123455150d ago (Edited 5150d ago )

This could be some stupid little boy taking a picture of himself and sending it to random people, criminal usually don't go out of their way and attract attention like this.

Edit: never mind about this theory if there are more than one pictures

clarkjudo5150d ago

Yes, that is possible. Someone they know, because the message was opened. Some people do not open things from someone they do not know. Hopefully they were not trying to seek a lawsuit with Microsoft. A sick way to get money. So, I hope the truth comes out and justus is served.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies14h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken9h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 1h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d ago (Edited 1d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d ago (Edited 1d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt12h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken9h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Profchaos1d 6h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 6h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 5h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies19h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.

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Chard2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis1d 23h ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast1d 21h ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake1d 14h ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better