Yes. You can.
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "You can turn it off completely if you so desire." > > Or can you? (X-Files music plays in the background) > > Even if you can turn off the camera and microphone, the kinnect does have > to be connected at all times. The xbox one will not function if it is > disconnected. > > Here's a tidbit: > > 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. > > > > > Here's another nugget: > > The platform holder also said that personal data stored on Xbox One and > picked up by Kinect, like videos, photos, facial expressions and even your > heart rate, will not leave your Xbox One without your explicit permission. > > > Heart rate? Eye movement? > > So, basically, the consumer has to trust MS's assertion that the > instruments will turn off and not share this information. > > We all trust MS, right? > > We'll see. If I were a betting man, I say that the information will leave > the xbox unless you opt out. Maybe even then. > > I'll leave you with a snippet of the patent: > > A content presentation system and method allowing content providers to > regulate the presentation of content on a per-user-view basis. Content is > distributed an associated license option on the number of individual > consumers or viewers allowed to consume the content. Consumers are > presented with a content selection and a choice of licenses allowing > consumption of the content. The users consuming the content on a display > device are monitored so that if the number of user-views licensed is > exceeded, remedial action may be taken. > > > So, if the kinect detects too many people in the room while watching > netflix, hulu, or pay-per-view, cha-ching, ring up a charge. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364614 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
