You have to activate the camera device to play the games and it monitors your every move-in this case for advertising reasons.
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.
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.
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The NSA is using this apparatus (and others) to "mine" information on people without the use of or consideration of probable cause (i.e. the 4th amendment). Their defense is that they are not using the information, just storing it for possible later use if need be. But here is the real issue: THIS ACTIVITY IS ILLEGAL, AND THE MONEY-ADDICTED GIFT-RECEIVING (and appointed) FEDERAL JUDGES DON'T CARE. THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS NO LONGER VIEWED AS THE LAW OF THE LAND, BUT VIEWED AS A BILL OF SUGGESTIONS. And the lawmakers don't care, as long as they get theirs.
and no one can or will hold them accountable