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The aftermarket part to disable the Kinect without breaking warranty is not very expensive: http://www.amazon.com/Post--3-Inches-Canary-Yellow-12-Pads/dp/B0000

by amalcon 13y ago

The aftermarket part to disable the Kinect without breaking warranty is not very expensive: http://www.amazon.com/Post--3-Inches-Canary-Yellow-12-Pads/dp/B00006JNNE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1371683713&sr=8-2&keywords=post-it+note http://www.amazon.com/Post--3-Inches-Canary-Yellow-12-Pads/d... Though there are a number of reasons I don't like the Xbox One, the Kinect isn't one of them.

superkamiguru 13y ago
There is still the mic part. Should we use bubblewrap instead?
mikelat 13y ago
You could very well do that. You could also crack open the kinect as soon as you buy it and change it so you can disable it by a switch or something like that. Although permanent disconnection apparently isn't a good idea as saying "xbox on" will I hear be the only way you turn the device on. Really though I think it'd be easier for them to just give customers the option not to plug it in, but my guess is that they're trying to make sure everyone uses the kinect that they ship with the console (its not necessarily being used for nefarious purposes), but with that being said I still don't trust Microsoft.
- jevinskie 13y ago
  > "xbox on" will I hear be the only way you turn the device on. Really? What about mute people? Microsoft can't be that accessibility-impaired!
  - mikelat 13y ago
    I'm just telling you what I've read. I don't agree with it, but it's reasonable to assume they ship a kinect with every xbox one, they want people to use it and they probably aren't thinking of mute people.
Dylan16807 13y ago
You can disable the camera by turning it around. The microphone is the bigger issue.
- comex 13y ago
  You mean like the microphone found in almost every laptop, tablet, or phone? I guess the difference with this microphone is that it's listening to you all the time by default, and that creeps some people out. But it's not sending your words over the network, and is not more likely to start doing so than any of the aforementioned devices (actually, much less, because of increased security); it's just pattern matching for the word "Xbox". Kind of like the initial worries over Gmail "reading your email" to target ads: I predict that this too will peter out once people start actually using the product, albeit perhaps never die completely. (For the record, the fact that Gmail messages can also be read by law enforcement under some circumstances is both a serious issue and irrelevant to the analogy.)
  - Dylan16807 13y ago
    I can install my own OS on laptop, tablet, or phone. Or remove the microphone without anything breaking.
    - comex 13y ago
      It's extremely difficult to remove the microphone from any of those things.
      - Dylan16807 13y ago
        Oh, to be clear I mostly meant removing the mic on a laptop. And it's pretty easy to open a laptop, just takes some screwdrivers. Or you can take a pin and stab the microphone until it no longer functions. No extreme difficulty here.
        LaurelCrowned 13y ago

by amalcon 13y ago

superkamiguru 13y ago

There is still the mic part. Should we use bubblewrap instead?

mikelat 13y ago

You could very well do that. You could also crack open the kinect as soon as you buy it and change it so you can disable it by a switch or something like that. Although permanent disconnection apparently isn't a good idea as saying "xbox on" will I hear be the only way you turn the device on. Really though I think it'd be easier for them to just give customers the option not to plug it in, but my guess is that they're trying to make sure everyone uses the kinect that they ship with the console (its not necessarily being used for nefarious purposes), but with that being said I still don't trust Microsoft.

jevinskie 13y ago
> "xbox on" will I hear be the only way you turn the device on. Really? What about mute people? Microsoft can't be that accessibility-impaired!
- mikelat 13y ago
  I'm just telling you what I've read. I don't agree with it, but it's reasonable to assume they ship a kinect with every xbox one, they want people to use it and they probably aren't thinking of mute people.

Dylan16807 13y ago

You can disable the camera by turning it around. The microphone is the bigger issue.

comex 13y ago
You mean like the microphone found in almost every laptop, tablet, or phone? I guess the difference with this microphone is that it's listening to you all the time by default, and that creeps some people out. But it's not sending your words over the network, and is not more likely to start doing so than any of the aforementioned devices (actually, much less, because of increased security); it's just pattern matching for the word "Xbox". Kind of like the initial worries over Gmail "reading your email" to target ads: I predict that this too will peter out once people start actually using the product, albeit perhaps never die completely. (For the record, the fact that Gmail messages can also be read by law enforcement under some circumstances is both a serious issue and irrelevant to the analogy.)
- Dylan16807 13y ago
  I can install my own OS on laptop, tablet, or phone. Or remove the microphone without anything breaking.
  - comex 13y ago
    It's extremely difficult to remove the microphone from any of those things.
    - Dylan16807 13y ago
      Oh, to be clear I mostly meant removing the mic on a laptop. And it's pretty easy to open a laptop, just takes some screwdrivers. Or you can take a pin and stab the microphone until it no longer functions. No extreme difficulty here.
      - LaurelCrowned 13y ago