Microsoft tries to tamp down worries that new Xbox will follow your every move

[Wireless News]

Microsoft wants concerned gamers to know that its next-generation console won’t be a Stalk Box. In a statement given to Kotaku, an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson said that the new console’s Kinect sensor will have “simple, easy methods to customize privacy settings” and will “provide clear notifications and meaningful privacy choices for how data will be used, stored and shared.” The representative also said that users have the option to turn off the new Xbox completely and that the Kinect sensor wouldn’t keep tracking you even if you turned the power off. All that said, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. As Kotaku notes, it’s not clear if users can get away with blocking or obscuring the Kinect sensor

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