Why the double standard? Your phone has more sensors than the kinect and can determine your location trivially. Your laptop has a camera and microphone as well.

Why the double standard? Your phone has more sensors than the kinect and can determine your location trivially. Your laptop has a camera and microphone as well. Its so weird to see this anti-kinect sentiment when we're surrounded by always-on internet devices with all sorts of sensors. The paranoid can just kick off the power strip or, heaven forbid, just not buy one.