Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 16:36 (3963 days ago) @ stabbim

Now, the monitoring complaints I understand, with a few caveats. First, if you're imagining that your Kinect is recording video of you when it's off, consider that using ONE of the Kinect's sensors does not necessarily mandate that ALL of its sensors be turned on. It's highly unlikely that anything other than the microphone is on when the system is shut down (I say microphone because they've said it listens for an "on" command). I guess you could always just unplug it when it's not in use. Or, better yet (and I mean this as a serious piece of advice), get one of those power strips that turns everything else off when your TV is off! Heck, maybe you already have one, in which case you're fine.

Could it record you when it's sitting at the dashboard, or when a game is being played? I suppose so, if MS or the devs wanted it to. But the same could be said of your smartphone or PC webcam (frankly, those devices are MORE of a risk due to the higher prevalence of malware), yet I hear no one berating their smartphone or laptop manufacturer for including a "mandatory" camera. Like any of those things, it comes down to whether you trust the manufacturer, and the makers of the software running on it.

All that being said, I still like the PS4, and probably will have one as well.

While it is indeed unlikely(?), the risk that it could is enough. Nothing is unhackable, and I mean the absolutely literately. Also - I don't think the X1 will stay powered without the Kinect being connected.