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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Sorry, I'll ask again... what footage?
1. Filing a patent does not mean it is being implemented.
2. Tracking viewing behavior does not automatically mean capturing video, but more likely metrics. "User seems to watch the sports ads and get up from in front of the TV during car ads. Show more ads for sports." You're leaping to conclusions.
Have you ever wondered how all those lonely girls looking to meet a guy that show up on the side of your browser always seem to be from the same city you are? Or how the advertising you see often coincides with your own interests and personal tastes? Targeted advertising is nothing new. I'd prefer seeing ads that coincide with things I am interested in versus seeing ads for Tide with Bleach or something.
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This is the camp I fall into as well. It's hard to get up in arms about this kind of thing if you use Gmail or Google Maps... you're already pretty comfortable providing analytic data about yourself to a massive corporation if you do.
I think we need to look at it realistically. If there are 20 million X1's across the globe, who the hell is actually recording any of it? Whoever tried would blow through storage before they had time to sit down. I think the point raised earlier is much more likely: there's a microphone that's on and all it's doing is waiting to hear the word "xbox".
I get that people get concerned about privacy, and you should. You should also gauge what's acceptable and not acceptable to you in that regard. I don't think we'll get much of a say on used games in this upcoming generation, but the privacy thing we probably will. Sony will likely be much more lenient (probably), so at least if you're truly freaked out you have a choice.