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Comments on news posted 2013-07-08 14:26:11: The Xbox One may suck quite a bit less now that the company has backed off restrictive DRM, but the console may still raise the bar for annoying snoopvertising. ..

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78204168 (banned)
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Re: Scary tech

So if it catches some teenage boy fapping, will it send him ads for porn sites and KY lube?
b10010011
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MS just keeps shooting itself in the foot

Windows 8 mega fail and now this? What the expletive is going on with Microsoft?

Even my 19 year old son had said screw MS and sold his XBox-360 as he is tired of paying for less and less.
mworks
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I saw win8, the xbox , 360 and upcoming, their office line of products going to cloud, all says one thing:
They lost a customer.

Corehhi
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This will be embrassing for some of you

Parents come to your apartment and you turn the X box on for some Netflix, before Netflix comes up there's a condom ad, beer ad and an ad for the play boy channel. LOL.

MetalX2k
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Trials of Error

This type of thing, like almost everything they make will most likely just be the proving grounds for their crazy ideas...yeah, it's definitely lame to be privy to things of a testy nature when you're not actively seeking them out, but then the ones who are really asking for this kind of thing (most likely for use in a place where it would make MORE sense like in a browser online or certain PC services or Apps) won't pony up for it without the proven incentive. It's actually more annoying that those people aren't just accommodating and do things, instead of users having to be needlessly inconvenienced for their benefit. That's business though, on the backs of the product-er, public...$cha-ching$. =[

WndyWhprs
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Re: black tape fail

said by whoyourdaddy:

bet if you use black tape the xbox one will stop working till it sees motion in the room

Save your black tape and save your $499. Don't support it. Don't buy it. Let it die like the HD-DVD.

There are other alternatives. You don't need the buy into a system that is going to spy onto everything you do unless you're an exhibitionist or don't mind.

And don't worry about missing out on the "latest games", once developers see that the xboxone is going to be a failure, they'll stop releasing games on it.

newview
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The last straw

quote:
Xbox One Will Watch You Watching It, Features Targeted Ads
AFAIC ... this is the last nail in the coffin that was Xbox One.
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Re: Electrical Tape

Leave in box, on store shelf
Problem solved, cheaper.

I pre-ordered the Ps4 as soon as I could following the announcement that they would not be hindering the sharing of used games.

Fuck you and your all-seeing eye Microsoft.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· IFh8ICaA
67845017 (banned)
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Wow, how are people going to get any baking done with all of you people snatching up all the tinfoil?

I swear, the so-called tech crowd . . .
me1212
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Until Ms pushes out an update that will make the console stop working until it can see you clearly.

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Re: The NSA will watch you

"Any Tangible Thing" covers what NSA asserts it can "legally" access.

anon1
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unlawful surveillance

there's a federal, and many states also have an "unlawful surveillance" law, they can't legally do this..
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Re: Electrical Tape

There is a guy making a documentary about trying to find some of these fabled buried cartridges.

notme
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Can you say "invasion of privacy"?

Big time! Won't be coming through my front door. (Or back door either.)

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Re: Electrical Tape

You know I had a lousy freaking day at work (granted I am lucky to have a job) and got a speeding ticket on the way home. Thank you for that laugh.
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Re: Scary tech

said by FFH5:

Can only detect people within 3 ft of the sensor. Not as all seeing as some people make out.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki ··· Xbox_One

can detect a user up to 3 feet from the sensor (compared to six feet for the original Kinect)

However, users retain the software capability to turn off all Kinect functions while the sensor remains connected to the console.[126]

Software capability to turn it off? Well there's a foolproof solution! It's not like Windows has a history of losing your settings and just changing stuff at random...

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Re: The NSA will watch you

said by NickD:

What's to say that the NSA won't find out all this information too?

I hope there's someone like Snowden working at Microsoft.

The guy who leaked it in the first place
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Re: Electrical Tape

said by intok:

I didn't think it was possible but for once we agree.

Though maybe it should be secretly bury in desert next to failed Atari E.T. cartridges. It was the game so bad that they literally buried the already made carts so nobody would know how bad they fucked up.

That wasn't the reason. It was a tax write off.

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Too Much For Next Gen

This is just one more reason I won't buy the latest xbox. I have preferred the Xbox to my Playstation since the original was out and have fond memories playing halo to the early morning with friends. Unfortunately, MS has decided to take their gaming machine in a poor direction and I won't be purchasing the xbox one. I am sick of advertising as it is, I don't want to pay for a service that makes even more money by continually forcing me to watch even more commercials. It is bad enough advertising is making it's way into game the way it has, but enough with this already.

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Re: Business Opportunity

A better thing would be a kinect dummy dongle to fool the machine into thinking the Kinect device is plugged in.
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Re: Electrical Tape

Have you tried the rom of the game? it's damn terrible.

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said by tshirt:

said by baineschile:

Over the eye. Problem solved.

OR
Leave in box, on store shelf
Problem solved, cheaper.

Yeah, but I still need a next-gen console. My solution is that my next Xbox One will be a Sony PS4.
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said by 67845017:

Wow, how are people going to get any baking done with all of you people snatching up all the tinfoil?

I swear, the so-called tech crowd . . .

Normally, there would be nothing to be alarmed about. However, lacking an ability to opt out (of a gimmick peripheral nonetheless) raises some concerns.
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Re: The last straw

said by newview:

quote:
Xbox One Will Watch You Watching It, Features Targeted Ads
AFAIC ... this is the last nail in the coffin that was Xbox One.

Like it needed another past the first dozen nails or so.
xmarklive
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ads ads ads ( i think u mean google) ???

U people bi$ching about ads are the same ones not bathing about googles monopoly on ads . Alll while u use Google phone tablets and that crappy TV thing they got.... I for one hope Ks makes as much on ads as the next man, as long as I can play my favorite exclusive titles nothing else matter (halo forza fable dace central fitness evolved ) I don't give a flying funk about they watching me dance sound in my living room naked... guess what else u stupid uckers if u wave a gun on and empty street with government cameras everywhere the olive are not going to just show up . Unless someone calls them u stupid rackers

Probitas
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What a huge invasion of home privacy

This is similar to peeping Toms, except I'm sure the EULA states you explicitly grant them permission to watch the goings on in your home.

What do they do with the pictures of you caught in flagrante delicto? And can you sue for that? Certainly terms of use do not permit them to view you when you engage in sexual acts within sight of the device? Although I'm sure there are some out there that would actually LIKE that option. Pervs ;p
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Re: Electrical Tape

said by intok:

Have you tried the rom of the game? it's damn terrible.

I have the actual cart but that makes no difference. The real reason was a tax write-off.

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Re: What a huge invasion of home privacy

said by Probitas :

This is similar to peeping Toms, except I'm sure the EULA states you explicitly grant them permission to watch the goings on in your home.

What do they do with the pictures of you caught in flagrante delicto? And can you sue for that? Certainly terms of use do not permit them to view you when you engage in sexual acts within sight of the device? Although I'm sure there are some out there that would actually LIKE that option. Pervs ;p

they might sell those sex movies!. there is a legal term called an "unconscionable clause" where a certain contract clause would be rendered invalid. letting someone spy on you at any time just so you can use a game machine sure looks like one!.

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Xbox1 konnect with xbox 360?

will we be able to use the improved xbox1 konnect with an xbox 360?

LilYoda
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Re: Electrical Tape

said by Thaler:

Yeah, but I still WANT a next-gen console.

FIFY. You don't need a next gen console You want one.
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