Kinect was evaluated for mass surveillance by GCHQ

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Leaked documents have revealed that the UK intelligence agency GCHQ was evaluating the viability of utilizing the Xbox 360's Kinect camera for mass surveillance. This comes on the heels of news that the agency had collected secret webcam images from almost 2 million Yahoo users without consent. According to documents the Yahoo spying program lasted only six months but little seems to have been gained from it.

However, we're concerned about any reports of governments surreptitiously collecting private customer data. That's why in December we initiated a broad effort to expand encryption across our services and are advocating for legal reforms.Microsoft


When asked for comment regarding this matter specifically Microsoft officially stated that they "had not even heard of the program.

How do you feel about a british intelligence agency performing these kinds of acts?

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StonerzardPosted:

Step 1: Invite friends over to play XB1
Step 2: Turn the Kinect away from everybody
Step 3: Talk loudly about getting the coke.
Step 4: Drink Coca-Cola and make a few snorting sounds every so often
Step 5: Record the reaction of the police when they think they're doing a mass drugs bust and it turns out to be some people drinking cola

EuphemismPosted:

Somehow this honestly doesnt suprise me....

-CPPosted:

I play Xbox nude, so I'm sure they'd love to watch me.

CHPPosted:

i wouldnt mind if they spy on me, i dont do anything illegal. that they can see anyways

SunkenEarthPosted:

i could care less if they see me naked, what they gonna do with a bunch of footage of me playn games naked? but its bad for those who actually are anal about their privacy.

xxRider702xxPosted:

The reason why i cover all of my camras up when im useing them. I heard they could look through your skype camra if you left it online.

YopPosted:

Still kind of creepy to thing about it, not much privacy nowadays.

OasisPosted:

They haven't actually done anything, so you can stop right there with the scare mongering. All they did was look into whether or not it could be done, and if you think GCHQ was the only ones to look into it, then maybe it's time to start living in the real world.

Red-BullPosted:

Wow that building is right by where I live! Amazing

Evo8Posted:

The only people who should worry about this is people who do illegal stuff in front of their Kinect O.o


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