Multiple Xbox one packages, includes a Kinect free version rumour

[Lightknight]

No. You are being paranoid. You've decided Microsoft must be fundamentally evil and are not to be trusted. Never mind that Microsoft is certified by TRUSTe (which means their privacy practices are audited on a regular basis). Never mind that it has a clear track record of clearly asking for permission before collecting private information. Never mind that Microsoft operating systems routinely handle highly sensitive, business-critical data for the biggest companies and governments all over the world with zero problems. You've decided Microsoft's only goal with Kinect is to get a camera into your living room and sneakily get your permission so it can collect videos of you masturbating and use them to show you ads for KY Jelly. :|

You are literally just spewing nonsense to justify this paranoid fantasy of yours, and I will no longer entertain it. Have a good day.

They have many goals for getting it into our living rooms. The most profitable of which is adertising. This is why the advertising department quote that YOU provided indicated that they do get some biometric data.

Riddle me this, why would the advertising department of microsoft be getting ANY biometric data? Having worked in marketing for major multinational companies myself, I can tell you the only viable answer. It's to better market/advertise to the individuals the data is collected on.

You can pretend that it's paranoia or fantasy, but your own links expose the fact. When the day comes we'll know how easily or hard it is to protect our data. If it ends up being really user friendly and ends up being something you opt into and isn't required for playing games, then good on Microsoft. But I'm telling you, it can go either way at this point and it's not paranoia to say so. The counter of paranoia is naivete. It is naive to place unwarranted trust in such a company in the absence of further evidence.