Microsoft Is Listening to<br />You Through Your Xbox.<br />A number of contractors hired by Microsoft have<br />come forward to reveal serious privacy issues<br />involving the company’s gaming console. .<br />According to statements obtained by Vice, the<br />contractors were hired to review Xbox audio recordings,<br />including unintentionally recorded conversations.<br />The goal of the audio reviewing was reportedly to<br />improve the console’s voice command technology.<br />The contractors worked exclusively on Xbox<br />audio between 2014 and 2015 before the<br />implementation of Cortana in 2016.<br />The Xbox stuff was actually a bit of a welcome<br />respite, honestly. It was frequently the same<br />games. Same DLCs. Same types of commands., Unnamed Source, to Vice.<br />Microsoft has since updated their privacy policies<br />to mention the possibility of human audio reviews.<br />as well as created a page where users<br />can delete audio captured by their consoles. .<br />We’re actively working on additional steps<br />we can take to give customers more transparency<br />and more control over how their data is used<br />to improve products, Microsoft, via statement
