Kinect: Microsoft pledges to “aggressively challenge” government spying

[Michael-5]

sales2099 said:

Michael-5 said:

sales2099 said:

Michael-5 said:

It can't be turned off, it can only be "paused."

Paused is not off... and it's stupid that I can't physically unplug it.

Did you not say to use analogies? I have a Camera in my laptop, but it can be disabled. I also run my computer on an old version of Ubuntu which has no program to access the camera, so it's 100% useless on my laptop.

If I still had Windows, I would be worried about privacy invasion behind a camera if it was a problem, but I haven't heard about any scandals or serious comprimises in security (except Skype in this scandal, but I don't use skype).

http://kotaku.com/xbox-ones-kinect-can-turn-off-microsoft-says-noting-510100564

It can be turned off. MS takes privacy very seriously. Xbox is not on the governments radar, and you are now going into weird territory by persisting.

But the article itself says Kinect has to be on and plugged in while you're playing the game.

Who cares if it's off when you leave the house, I want it off when I'm present. It can read my heartbeat while I'm playing, just by looking at my face? WHAT?!?!? This just makes the system that much more scary.

Get over yourself. It can be plugged in and still off.

No it can't, paused is not off.

Get over yourself, just because someone disagrees with you, and is more skeptical about their privacy then you, doesn't mean you are justified in saying they are wrong.

Even in the kotaku link above, it does say that people have good reason to be suspicious about the Kinect 2 sensor.

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Didn't this one teenager get arrested for sarcastically claiming he is crazy, and he's going to go on a murder rampage? I believe it's looking likely that he will do prison time. If this is a real thing, then what about the things I say at home?

Am I only entitled to privacy if I have nothing important to say? That's not privacy....

Watch, maybe not with the One, but one day they will mass arrest teenagers for making sarcastic remarks like this. There are people who seriously believe that our future will be like 1984 or A Brave New World, and I can understand why. People shouldn't be forced into doing something, and this is an example of just that.