Kinect: Microsoft pledges to “aggressively challenge” government spying

[Michael-5]

sales2099 said:

Michael-5 said:

sales2099 said:

 

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.

You said pause. Its off. No pause, just off.

A car with the key in the ignition can be off. A vacum cleaner plugged in to the house can be off.....why is this notion with Xbox so hard to grasp? You can be plugged in and still be off. This isn't new technology we are dealing with

Skeptical....no you are downright irrationally paranoid given all MS has told us about what they give and the privacy of kinect. Yes I am aware there are more people like you...doesn't make it right given all the evidence.

When you're playing the system, it can't be powered down. Kinect can only be powered down when the system is down (you provided a link, read it).

So Kinect is like a radio which is stuck on in a car. You can turn the radio off when you turn the car off, but when the car is on, it's stuck on.

Why is this so hard to grasp?

Insult me all you want, but your no better for belittling real concerns with a console. Honestly I'm not huge on privacy, but I like the fact that I always have the option of privacy. Computers do come with Camera's, but I can run them on OS's without the software to access it, I can also physically unplug it by opening my laptop up. Cell phones might be scanned for keywords, but if I was really paranoid, I can always tell people to meet me in person.

With One, you just don't get that.