The Xbox One is an "Überwachungsgerät" says Peter Schaar

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The Xbox One is an "Überwachungsgerät" says Peter Schaar

Überwachung: Datenschützer Peter Schaar kritisiert Microsofts Xbox One - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Peter Schaar is the federal commissioner for for privacy protection in Germany.

"Überwachungsgerät" roughly translates to "Surveillance Device".

*asia.gamespot.com/news/xbox-one-can-talk-report-6408871

The Kinect camera is capable of scanning a room and using its facial recognition software to detect foreign users. If Kinect detects someone it does not recognize, it then audibly asks this person to identify themselves. Once this is done, the Kinect saves the information to the console

I think console works offline too.
Don't know why people make so much fuss about it. :/

I think this thread was more about the privacy concerns with an always recording kinect that can send your data to Microsoft rather than it being always online....

The console does work offline, but still requires an internet connection once in 24 hours. AFAIK.

Already XBOX-fan boys are bashing XBOX-ONE in wpcentral because of the Kinect 2.0

DeSmOnD dAvId said:
The console does work offline, but still requires an internet connection once in 24 hours. AFAIK.

If that is true then I'm afraid. How will students like us manage broadband connection in hostel??

Harsh Pranami said:
If that is true then I'm afraid. How will students like us manage broadband connection in hostel??

Sony and Nintendo will give you a call