Cable Forum - the feds are 'coming for you' on xbox live.

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Originally Posted by Defiant

Then why are you so bothered then.

Because it's yet another invasion of privacy.

What will they look/listen for? What will they do with it? Why do they want it? What safeguards will there be? What requirements would need to be met for them to access the data?

Yes, in reality it may not really amount to much (what can they really gleam from what people say on XBL), but it's still another unwarranted intrusion.

Plus, as the article said, if this goes through, then costs of affected services could go up to compensate for them having to be reworked to enable this.

And, it isn't just XBL they are talking about. It's also instant messenging, & various Voice over IP apps.

"ready access to any form of Internet-based communications"

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Are you worried there checking your game stats and seeing how bad they are.

Ooh, cutting :rolleyes:

Nope, if they want to see how bad my stats are, all they have to do is check the XBox.com website.

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NO well who cares they can't check anything outside the US of A anyway and I doubt any decent gamer would be using US servers anyway

Who says they can't/won't check anything outside the US?

"doubt any decent gamer would be using US servers anyway" lol :rolleyes:

While there are servers in the US, & the UK, & elsewhere, the whole thing is still one network. You can play with & speak to people from all over the world, including the US.