Swear too much at your Xbox One in gameplay footage though, and your account can get suspended if you upload it.
Kinect is spying on you and doesn’t like to hear you swearing. At least not in Upload Studio, the Xbox One service that lets you share gameplay clips (with non-profane voiceover!) with friends, and save those clips to your SkyDrive. If you’ve got a dirty mouth, you can run into trouble.
Microsoft is seemingly issuing temporary bans to users of the Skype and Upload Studio apps on Xbox One who have used profanity, according to multiple reports on the Xbox One subreddit and on the Xbox forums.
Users are reporting that after uploading gameplay clips in which they swear through the Upload Studio app — or even swearing in a private Skype call, according to one Twitter user — their Xbox One prevents them from using the app in question with a message that asks them to “choose something else to play” because of their “past behavior” (see photo above).
Skype calls on Xbox One use the Kinect camera and microphone to transmit video and audio, while the Upload Studio app sends clips to the user’s personal SkyDrive account. TheXbox Live Code of Conduct prohibits members from using “profane words/phrases” in their Gamertag, profile content, Avatar action, Avatar content or in-game content.” However, profanity is not explicitly prohibited from content that Xbox Live users “share/create.”
At least a dozen Xbox Live users have posted in a thread on the Xbox forums saying they’re dealing with the same issue. According to a number of them, they can upload footage of M-rated games that contain profanity, such as Battlefield 4, without any consequences.
A number of Xbox One users piped up over on the Xbox forums, complaining that they couldn’t use Skype or Upload Studio thanks to “past behaviour,” and now Microsoft has weighed in to explain the situation. And part of the situation is that you can’t swear too much in Upload.
Microsoft’s statement:
‘To be clear, the Xbox Live Policy & Enforcement team does not monitor direct peer-to-peer communications like Skype chats and calls. Also, we take Code of Conduct moderation via Upload Studio very seriously. We want a clean, safe and fun environment for all users. Excessive profanity as well as other Code of Conduct violations will be enforced upon and result in suspension of some or all privileges on Xbox Live. We remain committed to preserving and promoting a safe, secure and enjoyable experience for all of our Xbox Live members.”
It seems that users who are being banned from Skype have received a full Xbox Live ban in another app for non-swearing bad behavior, but swearing too much in Upload will get you what seems to be a temporary, 24 hour ban on first offense. What happens on a second offense, or what constitutes “too much swearing,” isn’t entirely clear yet. So for the time being, it might be wise to watch your mouth.
New Facebook app will allow them to use (spy on) your smartphones’ microphone or camera anytime:
Cellphone users who attempt to install the Facebook Messenger app are asked to agree to terms of service that allow the social networking giant to use the microphone on their device to record audio at any time without their permission.
Users are made to accept an agreement that allows Facebook to “record audio with the microphone….at any time without your confirmation.”
The TOS also authorizes Facebook to take videos and pictures using the phone’s camera at any time without permission, as well as directly calling numbers, again without permission, that could incur charges.
Facebook can also “read your phone’s call log” and “read data about contacts stored on your phone, including the frequency with which you’ve called, emailed or communicated in other ways with specific individuals.”
http://www.infowars.com/facebook-wants-to-listen-to-your-phone-calls/
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