Ok...I guess putting that link was a mistake...how about some other sources instead

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft...ng-room-2012-11

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706...ou-for-the-mpaa

http://mashable.com/2012/11/06/microsoft-kinect-patent-how-many-are-watching/

http://www.neowin.net/news/in-microsoft-patent-kinect-watches-you

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/07/microsoft-patent-snooping

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/micro...ontent-2012115/

http://geekbeat.tv/new-microsoft-kinect-patent-blatantly-plans-to-spy-on-private-viewing-habits/

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-patent-spies-on-consumers-to-enforce-drm-7000007102/


Satisfied? If not let me know...or are all of these sites funded by Sony as well?

I just want to point out to everyone,

The Kinect 2.0 Camera is built into the console.

So it can never be disconnected.


Moral of the Story here:

Dont listen to the Specs/SDK/DevKit Guide Lines 8 months before the console comes out.

According to the SDK notes for the new Xbox, the kinect camera must be plugged in for the console to function...even if what your playing or watching doesn't use the kinect. Why? So they can spy on you and make sure you are charged appropriately for content








This is a by-product of those gamers growing acceptance to intrusive DRM, and spyware/data mining schemes. I can hear them already like when Origin was released "If you have nothing to hide, it shouldn't be a problem! Besides, I have to have my digital crack"

<sigh>

It doesn’t matter how much evidence you throw at Hollywood or their associated copyright enforcement agencies, piracy and the viewing of illegally acquired content will always be something they want to wipe out. A new patent application from Microsoft could well aid them in that quest.

The patent has the ominous title of “Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User.” It details a system whereby the people sitting in view of a TV can be detected using cameras and sensors like those found in the Kinect motion controller. Once logged, the content provider can assess the audience and either choose to charge more for viewing the content or block access based on there being too many people.

If you accept the agreement, you “expressly authorize and consent to us accessing or disclosing information about you, including the content of your communications, in order to: (a) comply with the law or respond to lawful requests or legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of Microsoft, our partners, or our customers, including the enforcement of our agreements or policies governing your use of the Service; or (c) act on a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees, customers, or the public.”

Did you catch that? Here, let me print the important part in really big letters.
“If you accept the agreement, you expressly authorize and consent to us accessing or disclosing information about you, including the content of your communications… on a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees, customers, or the public.”

OK, is that clear enough for ya? When you use the Kinect system, you agree to allow Microsoft (and any branch of law enforcement or government they care to share information with) to use your Kinect system to spy on you. Maybe run that facial recognition software to check you out, listen to your conversations, and keep track of who you are communicating with.

As when Kinect first launched, some idiot was sending people sending videos of himself doing naked cartwheels in front of the camera.

i put sending in there twice, cuz the video was SCARRING

...MS isn't stupid and they have shareholders to answer to.

But they could/can/have already programed APPs to Take a Picture and send it to them .