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Here is a Hot Topic going on all over America and elsewhere. I wanted to open it up to hear some feedback and everyone's thoughts on this issue. The rules on the forum are simple: Please keep it nice and polite; Please stay grounded on the topic of issue of privacy and spying and not so much on the technology of delivery (I know there off topics covering some of this these new tech toys, etc., Xbox One); I think everyone will find the feedback most interesting. Director of National Intelligence Clapper decries 'reprehensible' leaks after report says a secret program is allowing the government to mine nine American tech giants, including Facebook and Google, for user data, a day after report of a secret court order that allows NSA to seize millions of phone records for American Verizon customers. Then we have the Xbox One which allows users to watch TV and movies, listen to music, surf the Internet, etc., all while using voice command. While the voice command feature is neat, it means, of course, that the console is always listening. Even when you’re not actively using the device. Xbox One can not only hear what you’re saying, but see what you are doing, and even tell when you are excited. The new camera also comes equipped with an infrared technology, so it can see if your heart rate is rising or count how many people are in a dark living room. And of course, we have the Google Glass which is stirring the pot to the point where Casinos all over the US are outlawing the Glass to be worn while users are on the casino showrooms' and gambling tables because of embezzlement and cheating for which the glass could be used for. I am curious to know how the members here feel about these and other issues of the same nature which is clearly taking us into a future of no expectation of privacy. How does everybody feel about Big Brother checking on your calls, or listening and/or seeing you in your living room or worse, your bedroom ( that is if you put the XBO in it), or just standing next to the other fellow in the restroom facilities who happens to be wearing Glass. I don't know about you 'all, but just the thought of that is, well, just a little too creepy, for me...your thoughts.
