Nintendo warns Switch 2 GameChat users: “Your chat is recorded”
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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
wrote last edited by [email protected]Right... As if parents don't give their kids cellphones or completely unsupervised access to the internet...
You're giving Joe and Jane Doe way too much credit here.
I'm sure parents actually supervising the internet usage of their kids are a very small percentage.
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does anyone truly believe there exists a chat that is NOT recorded?
The only chat not recorded is the one that happens in person with no electronic devices nearby.
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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
You can even disable the Gamechat button
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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
So does that count for Sony, Microsoft and Valve too or just Nintendo?
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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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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.
Yeah I'm not sure why that's news. At least Nintendo is being somewhat transparent about it
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The only chat not recorded is the one that happens in person with no electronic devices nearby.
Hell, I feel like that's even up for debate
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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.
Or you just don't use voice chat? It's no use anyways if you disconnect your microphone...
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So does that count for Sony, Microsoft and Valve too or just Nintendo?
In valves case its just a 30 year old man yelling slurs at their child.
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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.
