Xbox One Kinect Privacy Concerns? Turn It Off.  Pause It While
Gaming.SResponding to worries that an always-on Kinect sensor
recording camera and audio information would be a threat to user
privacy, Microsoft offers a simple solution: the ability to turn
the Kinect off, which they'd told us about. Better: pause it
while gaming.  You can also determine which personal data is or
isn't shared with others.  You are in control of the Kinect, not
the other way around. That's the message Microsoft is trying to
get across in "Privacy by Design: How Xbox One and the New
Kinect Sensor Put You in Control." The damage-controlling
article explains that while the Xbox One functions better with
Kinect enabled, it doesn't have to be that way.  Unless
utilizing a game or feature that requires the sensor, Kinect can
be paused. When not using your Xbox One, it can be turned off
with a simple "Xbox Off" voice command. In off mode, the system
listens for "Xbox On", and that's it — and even that
functionality can be disabled.  And