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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:04 PM
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Things to be concerned about with privacy matters.Microsoft and the home pc is the scariest
probably one of the biggest concerns you should have..is being on the computer..big brother really is watching

http://itgrunts.com/2010/11/16/microsoft-spying-on-you-through-kinect/
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:13 PM
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1. So is this software kinect that the consumer buys to watch
interact with actually watching them?
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:16 PM
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2. Ah yep..watch you right in your living room and target ads to what you are doing
Scary isn't it..
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:36 PM
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3. And people PAY to be spied upon?
THAT is even scarier.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:43 PM
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4. Who would have every have thought this.. just a matter of time, till they
can turn that camera on built into your computer, even after you have turned it off..
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 03:04 PM
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6. Do online anonymisers work?
Those re-routing tools?

or do they slow you down a lot, I wonder?

Seriously considering using one.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 02:47 PM
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5. Like internet capabe phones aren't any worse?
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Gin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 03:28 PM
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7. is this the thing that can scan an image of you into x box games?
I saw the ad for it today and wondered what else it can do.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-10 03:33 PM
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8. Thanks for the link. Site I hadn't heard of yet. nt
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