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PostSubject: Worse than NSA: Xbox   Worse than NSA: Xbox Icon_minitimeThu Jun 06, 2013 8:25 pm

Microsoft's newly announced game and entertainment console has the potential to collect data relating to your entertainment use, personal movements, speech and activities before sending it to the tech giant's servers.

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The Xbox One requires a connection to the internet to function, and also requires a constant link with Kinect – Microsoft's all-in-one HD 3D camera and microphone device. Tim Vines, a director at Civil Liberties Australia, says this combination paints a picture of "quite an intrusive device".

A patent could allow Kinect to monitor and report the number of people in your lounge room. The more people present, the more you'd be charged to rent movies.

"We're not exactly sure what level of information [Kinect] is providing, but these sort of machines will often send analytical data, performance data back to Microsoft HQ in order for the service to be improved in the future.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cameras/fears-xbox-one-has-spying-eye-20130605-2np1k.html#ixzz2VUACdyF3
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