Maybe there will be an app that makes it turn itself around. This is the digital age. Bad enough you have to disc swap, now you have to turn around the kinect too? Oh well, at least it will burn calories, so maybe people will be more comfortable being filmed if they lose some weight. :D

When you hear about companies complete acceptance and willingness to turn over all of your private information in multiple other aspects, then one of those same said companies participating in turning your information is releasing a highly intelligent, HD camera into your living room -- That always "listens".

While I'm not so paranoid that I wouldn't buy something like Kinect or PS Eye --- I don't believe for a second that they couldn't / wouldn't / or have no rational to be able to do it.

I suggest you watch this video before trying to make fun of everyone who has legitimate concerns over this. Plenty of evidence of this type of stuff all around you, if you unplug your eyes/ears.

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/6/10/inside_the_nsas_domestic_surveillance_apparatus_whistleblower_william_binney_speaks_out

This type of stuff is/has been going on and people just want to remain oblivious to it.  Perhaps my favorite part of the video is :

AMY GOODMAN: Speaking of the FBI, in 2008, actor Shia LaBeouf appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. During the interview, he talked about an FBI agent showing him a recorded conversation from two years prior to meeting him.

SHIA LABEOUF: I remember we had an FBI consultant on the picture telling me that they can use your ADT security box microphone to get your stuff that’s going on in your house, or OnStar, they could shut your car down. And he told me that one in five phone calls that you make are recorded and logged. And I laughed at him. And then he played back a phone conversation I had had two years prior—

JAY LENO: Come on.

SHIA LABEOUF: —to joining the picture. The FBI consultant. And it was like one of those—it was one of those phone calls—it was like, you know, "What are you wearing?" type of things.

JAY LENO: Really?

SHIA LABEOUF: Yeah, so it was—it was mad weird, but—

JAY LENO: Can we—no, wait. So you mean they had a record of you from—

SHIA LABEOUF: Two years prior to me joining the picture.

JAY LENO: —even being associated with the movie?

SHIA LABEOUF: With the movie.

JAY LENO: Well, that seems creepy.

SHIA LABEOUF: It’s extremely creepy.

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huh?  clearly my message is more about the active ir in kinect and you being able to block the hd camera and it should work fine from the videos ive seen.  have i played kinect 2 yes lol.. kinect 2 is for windows.  have i played with kinect for xbox one no.  but ive seen multiple videos and articles stating how much better it is.  the fact that the active ir stuff can see you pretty clearly in the dar, its ability to detect rotations,  the weight shift detection, higher def cam(sd 640x480 to hd 1080p), better mic with better noise cancellation, and also the better field of view makes it amazing lol.

kinect tennis in rivals will be alot better than the old version.  to be honest i wish steel batallion would try again with a free version with the new sensor

turning it around is so you can watch movies with a group lol.. but if you want to play kinect covering the hd cam is the way to go

lol enemy of the state was one of my favorite movies.  ironically the toy kept the secret while the phone is what got them in trouble

"Peopl are worried about Kinect on Xbone spying on them, but don't worry, it's awesome."

LOL!!!

Okay, covering it up with a blanket stops it from seeing you, but what about hearing you? That's my concern. You can't just cover up the microphone.

Yes, because MS REALLY wants to hear random gamers talk about their daily activities. Liek they got nothing better to do ;P

well when not in use you know you can always flip the power switch

I love people saying they can or they do spy on you???? and so what??? I had that same argument about FB and privacy policies..... the best way to protect your private life is to not have one at all..... make everything public don't hide anything and you won't have to worry about it..... what is so private in your house that you really don't want the corporate world to be aware of or even the government ????? what is all that useless fuss about privacy.... privacy is a joke..... nobody cares about your lives and if they do they probably have a reason to that is a direct result of your actions or behavior....

and I don't believe a second that every five convo is listened and logged.... I do believe software are listening everything and catch on trigger words and might record those for further investigation.... but that FBI agent statement is BS IMO.... and mostly because it would be a huge waste of time and resources.... not because it's not feasible... it's just it's plain stupid to do it....