Kinect: Microsoft pledges to “aggressively challenge” government spying

[Michael-5]

sales2099 said:

Michael-5 said:

Outlook and hotmail are not exactly the same...to my knowledge. But the data in question were emails. If you don't send emails on your Xbox, your fine. Again, "Xbox" was not mentioned, despite having access to things like Skype.

Actually, Outlook and Hotmail are exactly the same thing now. I have a hotmail account, and it forced me to update/upgrade to an outlook account. So my hotmail account is indestinguishable from an outlook account now.

LOL, the issue isn't e-mails. NSA asked Microsoft for permission to access information on individuals users. Ms gave them unrestricted access. E-mails and personal information were compromised to 3rd party companies. The only reason more wasn't compromised was because nothing else is accosiated with your e-mail account, except maybe your achievements and purchase history over XBL. Why mention XBL when all it stores is trivial information ATM?

With One, if this happens again, this means that 3rd party companies will be able to view me. They will know how many people live in my house, my physical build, the layout of my interrior, everything. This is why this is an issue.

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Can't let the illegal prostitutes roam freely anymore, gotta keeps them in cages now

Actually if you read it MS did not give unrestricted access. You just hope they do for some reason. 3rd party companies can't see anything. This is a government NON-issue remember?

Xbox 360 seems to be not on their list, and X1 should be too. MS has divulged enough to satisfy all but the most paranoid people.

Maybe you should start focusing on your phone and internet history....you know, things that have a far more liklihood of being tapped?

I hope they did? No, if you read NSA asked for free access of specific accounts and got free access to those accounts. It wasn't a 1 time viewing, it was consistant, unlimited access to requested accounts.

When One releases, it provides a boatload more information for the NSA. They will ask, and they will recieve.

As for my internet history, it's bad enough that google sells our history, but when I view my porn, at least Mozilla has private viewing, and from what I read, Mozilla does not co-operate with the NSA.

So I'm safe to look at all my freaky shit.

sales2099 said:

KingdomHeartsFan said:

How about just not making the thing required to be connected all the time...

If they release the rumored non kinect bundle in 2014, theres your solution

This isn't going to happen. Apparently the Kinect seonsor costs nearly as much as the system. This is why the One is $100 more then the PS4 despite having inferior performance parts.