Spies among us?

[Dillian]

could there be?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/wo...olls.html?_r=0

[myxomatosii]

Originally Posted by Dillian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

could there be?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/wo...olls.html?_r=0

No of course not go back to playing.

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

[Aarinak]

Glad to see our tax money is being spent on WoW subscriptions [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dillian]

I saw this an was like omg. Then i started thinking who i knew on here that could be [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dillian]

Chances are they only get the free account up to level 10 or 20, i think it is. Not sure though. But if there are terrorists here, think about what you might be putting your money in to on a RMT. Was your new Fungi worth a bombing some where in the world? Just another good reason RMT's are bad for the gaming community.

[Swish]

They've probably been doing it for years...don't be surprised. There'll definitely be logs of every IM you ever sent on AIM/Yahoo/etc from 10-15 years ago and 1pp says the CIA own them :/

It carries on as long as we let it happen... who's got an Xbox one with the compulsary Kinect? Facial recognition when you walk in the room? You'd be mad to buy one.

[August]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They've probably been doing it for years...don't be surprised. There'll definitely be logs of every IM you ever sent on AIM/Yahoo/etc from 10-15 years ago and 1pp says the CIA own them :/

It carries on as long as we let it happen... who's got an Xbox one with the compulsary Kinect? Facial recognition when you walk in the room? You'd be mad to buy one.

If you knew anything about what the culture is actually like @ MSFT you would realize that your tin hat has caught fire. PII (or Personally identifiable information) is at the very forefront of concern when developing ANY feature. The negative press that comes from even the accidental gathering of this data is so devastating that there are entire sections of specs devoted to making sure that we don't log / collect / consume the data - we use it as a pass-thru to whatever is requesting it in most cases.

If you should be worrying about anything, it's the actual games that you're playing that utilize the technology MSFT provides.

If you're worried about XBOX ONE, I'd suggest reading the terms of service and how MSFT can use that data. Trust me, someone WILL read it and they WILL make sure we are abiding by the ToS through wire-sniffers and what-have-you. A big company like that just can't afford to make such a huge blunder with so much scrutiny.

And before you go blabbing about 'secret back doors' you better believe a developer would know of ANY entry point into their code that scoops data. It's just not possible.

Sorry just really hate spew of misinformation.

[Spitty]

That. This, that and more of that because this -

http://gizmodo.com/popular-android-f...t-s-1477916270

It's your your Droid that's tracking you, it's the unscrupulous apps that you installed yourself that's doing it.

It's not the Kinect that's censoring your language, it's NBA2K14 that's doing that and tracking your heartrate to study which points of their game excites people the most.

Etc.

[August]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That. This, that and more of that because this -

http://gizmodo.com/popular-android-f...t-s-1477916270

It's your your Droid that's tracking you, it's the unscrupulous apps that you installed yourself that's doing it.

It's not the Kinect that's censoring your language, it's NBA2K14 that's doing that and tracking your heartrate to study which points of their game excites people the most.

Etc.

Yes, exactly. Now everyone go and read the idea behind an AppContainer and how strict Microsoft is on 'app capabilities'. The app manifest has to request the ability to use location, and the app is denied access unless it actively utilizes API that require such information.

And rest assured if you say 'NO' to an app in the MSFT store when it requests location - the app has two options.

1) Close down
2) Be unable to call into the location stack

Androids loose marketplace (like having 5 unofficial ones) led to that situation, which is a mistake MSFT did not make.

[Kender]

Originally Posted by Dillian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I saw this an was like omg. Then i started thinking who i knew on here that could be [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

there's a whole guild of FBI agents