Microsoft will "aggressively challenge" any government attempt to use Kinect for snoo

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After becoming embroiled in the recent PRISM fiasco, Microsoft has said that it would fight to block any government access to Kinect user data.
The company is currently trying to release more information on the data requests it has received from intelligence services in the past, but is being blocked from doing so by the US government.
"Absent a new law, we don't believe the government has the legal authority to compel us or any other company that makes products with cameras and microphones to start collecting voice and video data," a Microsoft spokesperson told The Verge, when asked about Kinect privacy. "We'd aggressively challenge in court any attempts to try and force us to do so."
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