Microsoft patents spying on you with your TV's camera and fining you if there are too many people watching
Kotaku's Luke Plunkett delves into a newly disclosed Microsoft patent
that covers spying on people in their homes using cameras attached to
their TVs, in order to levy fines against them for allowing too many
people to watch movies at once:
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? So help you God, you are going to pay.
This Kinect Patent Is Terrifying, Wants To Charge You For License Violation
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