Cam girl gamers: Beware of Xbox One
I know a lot of you play video games, both for fun and with clients, so i thought I'd share some information for you about the new Xbox One console that's coming out later this year.
Basically, the Kinect feature will always be on. Even when the machine is off, the microphone will still be working. When the machine is on, the camera will always see you. You can't turn it off. It's thought that this will be used for targeted advertising, since it'll be able to tell if you're wearing the jersey of a specific team, or something along those lines. The problem is that if you're a cam girl and you've got one of these, you're essentially going to have zero privacy It could be especially dangerous if a client you're gaming with is at all tech savy and decides to hack into your system.
Here are some helpful articles for further reading:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/...se-visual-drm#
http://techland.time.com/2013/05/22/...for-microsoft/
http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-h...ways-on-67239/
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Didn't plan on buying it anyway. Shitty system, shitty hardware, shitty used game policy. :p
But thank you Jaana. :)
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a bit of a thread jack but the new is called xbox1 not 720?
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It's called the Xbox One. 720 was just a rumor. But it won't be worth it's release price when it comes out.
/switchingtoPS4
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Awww, I'm glad there are other gamers on here. Yeah, I was really disappointed by the Xbox One reveal (and, yeah, it's kind of a silly name). I always pegged Microsoft as the moderate in the games industry, trying to prove they're not the "big scary Microsoft" you know from computing. It turns out they're scarier.
Yeah, I'll probably switch to PS4, which is something I don't at all relish since I love my 360 and figured I'd just get the next Xbox. Mehhh. And, with Sonic and Bayonetta coming to Wii U exclusively, I'll probably have to get that one as well (hopefully it'll be cheap if that system continues its nose-dive). How depressing...
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Ruthless Pink
Awww, I'm glad there are other gamers on here. Yeah, I was really disappointed by the Xbox One reveal (and, yeah, it's kind of a silly name). I always pegged Microsoft as the moderate in the games industry, trying to prove they're not the "big scary Microsoft" you know from computing. It turns out they're scarier.
Yeah, I'll probably switch to PS4, which is something I don't at all relish since I love my 360 and figured I'd just get the next Xbox. Mehhh. And, with Sonic and Bayonetta coming to Wii U exclusively, I'll probably have to get that one as well (hopefully it'll be cheap if that system continues its nose-dive). How depressing...
yeah it made me a very sad manda panda when i found out about bayonetta 2 being only on the wii u when the first one came out on the ps3 makes ZERO sense
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Can't you just disable the wireless to it/completely unplug everything after you're done using it?
Or like keep it so it has to only run on internet via ethernet cable. When you're done, unplug and then no internet = no one to hack you?
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HaydenBlue
Can't you just disable the wireless to it/completely unplug everything after you're done using it?
Or like keep it so it has to only run on internet via ethernet cable. When you're done, unplug and then no internet = no one to hack you?
The Kinect shit still works even if it's turned off. You'd have to literally unplug it, i would imagine, but it to not be recording. The system itself will jnot work without the internet - there is no offline mode.
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Jaana
The Kinect shit still works even if it's turned off. You'd have to literally unplug it, i would imagine, but it to not be recording. The system itself will jnot work without the internet - there is no offline mode.
wow so ppl who dont even have internet service in thier home will be buying a multi-100 dollar doorstop if they buy an xbox one before knowing this? but what i think hayden was saying was just use an ethernet and unplug the ethernet from the console when ur not using it
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That's some shit straight out of 1984.
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Nocturnelle
That's some shit straight out of 1984.
ha ha well my boyfreind didnt have internet or tv in the apartment he plays on his ps2/n64 and watches his dvds and rents movies from the mom and pop local rental place. we still dont have tv but obvi we have internet because im here on SW and working camming. hes such a penny pincher he really didnt even want to get the internet but once i told him he had to get or hes paying rent and all the bills he pulled his head out if his ass FAST.
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Snowy0Star
wow so ppl who dont even have internet service in thier home will be buying a multi-100 dollar doorstop if they buy an xbox one before knowing this? but what i think hayden was saying was just use an ethernet and unplug the ethernet from the console when ur not using it
Yes, that's why people are so angry. Do some digging around online, you'll see.
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I bought the xbox 360 Kinect for my daughter's birthday, I didn't like the sound of the new one so I was happy not to wait for it, there is an ethernet socket but we have ours on wireless...would be a pain in the ass to disconnect everytime and I wouldn't want them (and who knows who else) watching while she is playing either.
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That's nuts. Well, you could just throw a towel on it and call it a night.