Diablo1099 said:
Nah, a lot of people I know have laptops with webcams that only turn on when they want it
Except if they have malware that turns the camera on without you knowing. And there is such stuff. There are even applications you can install on the computer (well, as opposed to "infect with") if anybody has physical access to it. Goes straight by the antivirus, since a user action. Did anybody fiddle with your laptop lately? Did anybody fiddle with theirs? I dunno, but the widespread of facebook rapes (when people forget to lock their laptops and a friend gets a hold of it) points at the possibility that you're not very secure.
The "I control my laptop webcam" is more a myth than a reality. It can run without your knowledge, very easy, too, made even easier by not acknowledging it.
Karadalis said:
1) You cannot turn it off.. it will be even on when in standby mode. Why? So it is "ready" for you when you want to activate your xbox via voice command or hand motion.. ergo it DOES watch you 24/7 aslong as you provide electricity to it.
But can you prove the information is then being sent over anywhere? Because it could as easily be passively monitoring for sound, if any it turns up to passively monitor for commands, if any, goes into "command mod". Otherwise just discards the data immediately. That's an important distinction when, you know, making accusations.
Diablo1099 said:
redhatman said:
The fee to install the used game onto the xbone will apparently be the same as the price of a full game...
You have got to be shitting me, do you have a link?
From my understanding (read: my flatmate telling me. He watched the reveal and read more news. But he could have been theorising) it's the "full price" as in, the cut Microsoft get from a game, not just 60 bucks to unlock a second hand game.