This has got to be the most F.U. use of technology since the up skirt camera. What am I twitchin about now? Well you know that piece of tech attached to the Microsoft 360 called the Kinect? Well it seems that Microsoft can use the Kinect for nefarious purposes (NO!) Oh yes! It seems in a newly uncovered patent, Microsoft has developed tech that allows Microsoft to use these cameras attached to your TV to gather information (Oh hell, who am I kidding they are spying, jesus I am even lying to myself now) And why is Microsoft so damn interested in what's going on in front of the set? Would you believe that this new tech allows Microsoft to get this....count how many people are say watching a movie and should you say have too many people watching, they can shut down the player, tv whatever, you name it.
Check it out in this Boing Boing article:
- Basically, when you buy or rent something like a movie, you’ll only be granted a “license” for a certain number of people to watch it. If Kinect detects more people in the room than you had a licence for, it can stop the movie, and even charge you extra. So if Microsoft has its way, you won’t just be renting movies any more. You’ll have to decide how many people are watching, and no doubt pay more. And if one extra person turns up to your movie night? Click....
Check out the patent here
And here is the original story at Kotaku
