Dailycaller: New Xbox by NSA partner Microsoft will watch you 24/7


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http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/07/new-xbox-by-nsa-partner-microsoft-will-watch-you-247

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Possible privacy violations by Microsoft?s upcoming Xbox One have come under new scrutiny since it was revealed Thursday that the tech giant was a crucial partner in an expansive Internet surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency and involving Silicon Valley?s biggest players.

One of the console?s key features is the full integration of the Kinect, a motion sensing camera that allows users to play games, scroll through menus, and generally operate the Xbox just using hand gestures. Microsoft has touted the camera as the hallmark of a new era of interactivity in gaming.

What Microsoft has not promoted, however, is the fact that you will not be able to power on the console without first enabling the Kinect, designed to detect both heartbeats and eye movement. and positioning yourself in front of it.

Disturbingly, a recently published Microsoft patent reveals the Kinect has the capability to determine exactly when users are viewing ads broadcast by the Xbox through its eye movement tracking. Consistent ad viewers would be granted rewards, according to the patent.

Perhaps the feature most worryisome to privacy advocates is the requirement that the Xbox connect to the Internet at least once every 24 hours. Many critics have asserted that Microsoft will follow the lead of other Silicon Valley companies and use their console to gather data about its users, particularly through the Kinect, and collect it through the online connection users can?t avoid.

Microsoft has promised that customers will be able to ?pause? the camera?s function, but have put off questions on the precise specifics of their privacy policies.

So to me, this means spying. You buy one of these monliths and are basically giving permission to be watched, analyzed and what not. Again, I see the NSA involved...

I'm a person who wants EVERYONE to be able to be safe, secure and unwatched in their homes.

This deserves to be in the conspiracy section...

NSA partner: unproven. Detects heartbeats?? I doubt it, and even if it did ... so what? Of course you don't need to be in front of the Xbox to turn it on. Patents =/= implementations. Simply connecting to the net is not a privacy concern, otherwise pretty much every online device ever is 'worryisome to privacy advocates'. And they have gone through a whole load of privacy questions already.

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Oh my -- they will see me nekkid. :huh:

0f535aec6ed435265d448448536cf4c14b49d11.gif I won't be able to sleep knowing this hum... ARRRGH!

This deserves to be in the conspiracy section... NSA partner: unproven. Detects heartbeats?? I doubt it, and even if it did ... so what? Of course you don't need to be in front of the Xbox to turn it on. Patents =/= implementations. Simply connecting to the net is not a privacy concern, otherwise pretty much every online device ever is 'worryisome to privacy advocates'. And they have gone through a whole load of privacy questions already.

nope. it is not conspiracy. Now.. had I said JFK was killed due to.. then perhaps. But this is a report from info received about Microsoft.

So to me, this means spying. You buy one of these monliths and are basically giving permission to be watched, analyzed and what not. Again, I see the NSA involved...

I'm a person who wants EVERYONE to be able to be safe, secure and unwatched in their homes.

What a bunch of crap that article is.

hmm, based upon the Patent? I'm sorry if this offends anyones sensibilities. I just found the article myself. I hardly think the dailycaller has an axe to grind with Microsoft.

hmm, based upon the Patent? I'm sorry if this offends anyones sensibilities. I just found the article myself. I hardly think the dailycaller has an axe to grind with Microsoft.

Did you even look at that site? :|

It's like the GOP version of the Dailymail.

So, even though Microsoft has made no mention of this, and in fact said that you will be able to turn the Kinect off entirely, we're going to run with a story based solely on a patent that they likely have no intention of using? Nice. LOL

Did you even look at that site? :|

It's like the GOP version of the Dailymail.

I'm going to quell all this schizophrenia from people who state things about the OP. First, you don't know more than I do about this Xboxone. If you say you do, you're kidding yourself. Next, quit attacking the OP. You seem to think because you defend Microsoft, you'll somehow be seen as an "in" with the in group. From here on out, I'll ignore these ignorant posts from people who have nothing to say that adds to the OP in a productive manner. I just ask the MODS to please help keep the unproductive posts.. suchs as political rantings out of these ops please. this is an article, not by me if you have issue, go to the source.

thank you

Wow the paranoia is strong here.

yep, oh wait a minute the nsa whistleblower leaked info proving that the us govt records every phone call, email etc and companies like microsoft are forced to do it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance

I'm going to quell all this schizophrenia from people who state things about the OP. First, you don't know more than I do about this Xboxone. If you say you do, you're kidding yourself. Next, quit attacking the OP. You seem to think because you defend Microsoft, you'll somehow be seen as an "in" with the in group. From here on out, I'll ignore these ignorant posts from people who have nothing to say that adds to the OP in a productive manner. I just ask the MODS to please help keep the unproductive posts.. suchs as political rantings out of these ops please. this is an article, not by me if you have issue, go to the source.

thank you

Wow, paranoia really showing through here.

He never attacked the OP he stated 'GOP'.

In regards to the article, what a load of rubbish, made my head hurt just having to work my way through that twaddle.

You seem to think because you defend Microsoft, you'll somehow be seen as an "in" with the in group.

Nope. I don't seem to do anything of the sort. I DO think that this article is hugely uninformed. If the writer believes that every Kinekt is always recording and sending that back to MS, then they are bloody idiots.

I just ask the MODS to please help keep the unproductive posts.. suchs as political rantings out of these ops please.

**** off! This is an article designed to provoke a response that will clearly involve politics!

this is an article, not by me if you have issue, go to the source

Grow up! Take some damned responsibility for bringing this tripe here!

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After hearing about what all is going on.. people saying "paranoid" and just shrugging it off. Yeah, this might be a crap article.. but I wouldn't put it past or be surprised.. People need to wake up and see what is going on..

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