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Nintendo warns Switch 2 GameChat users: “Your chat is recorded”

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  • F flandish@lemmy.world
    5 Jun 2025, 20:33

    does anyone truly believe there exists a chat that is NOT recorded?

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    lostxor@fedia.io
    wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 02:55 last edited by
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    The only chat not recorded is the one that happens in person with no electronic devices nearby.

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    • N nikls94@lemmy.world
      5 Jun 2025, 21:36

      Oh yeah, you need to specifically turn it on. Before you do that it won’t do anything. And you have to agree to the terms after you read them

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      hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 04:06 last edited by
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      You can even disable the Gamechat button

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      • V vince@lemmy.world
        5 Jun 2025, 22:24

        I'm surprised they added voice/video chat. One report of a pedo talking to kids on their switch and no parent is gonna buy any Nintendo products for their kids

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        ms_lane@lemmy.world
        wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 06:10 last edited by
        #21

        So does that count for Sony, Microsoft and Valve too or just Nintendo?

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        • B bimbimboy@lemm.ee
          5 Jun 2025, 20:13
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          aesthelete@lemmy.world
          wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 06:25 last edited by aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 Jun 2025, 02:26
          #22

          That won't matter. Discus comments are tied to people's real identities in most cases and that didn't stop them from posting unhinged bullshit underneath every story.

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          • B bimbimboy@lemm.ee
            5 Jun 2025, 20:13
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            mummyslittlebloodslut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 08:01 last edited by
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            • S simple@piefed.social
              5 Jun 2025, 21:35

              This is standard in most platforms with social features, companies record chats in case someone gets reported for negative behavior. It's also temporarily stored so they're not just listening in and hoarding your chats.

              The terms also lay out that "these recordings are available only if the report is submitted within 24 hours," suggesting that recordings are deleted from local storage after a full day.

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              sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 09:01 last edited by
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              Yeah I'm not sure why that's news. At least Nintendo is being somewhat transparent about it

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              • L lostxor@fedia.io
                6 Jun 2025, 02:55

                The only chat not recorded is the one that happens in person with no electronic devices nearby.

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                justsquigglez@lemm.ee
                wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 13:34 last edited by
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                Hell, I feel like that's even up for debate

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                • M melodiousfunk@startrek.website
                  5 Jun 2025, 21:34

                  The good news is that the mic is a piece of cake (relatively speaking, as someone who has tinkered with electronics before) to disconnect. Will it throw any errors/refuse to boot? Dunno, haven't seen that attempted yet.

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                  earmaster@lemmy.world
                  wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 15:29 last edited by
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                  Or you just don't use voice chat? It's no use anyways if you disconnect your microphone...

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                  • M ms_lane@lemmy.world
                    6 Jun 2025, 06:10

                    So does that count for Sony, Microsoft and Valve too or just Nintendo?

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                    fizz@lemmy.nz
                    wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 17:06 last edited by
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                    In valves case its just a 30 year old man yelling slurs at their child.

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                      heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world
                      wrote on 6 Jun 2025, 18:15 last edited by
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                      I joked to my wife "hey I got a joke I got to tell you about the government away from microphones" and my phone's flashlight turned on across the room. My nsa agent is working overtime.

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