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Sony Will Let PS5 Owners Record Their Voice Chats And Snitch On Fellow Players
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[quote:Xuki:MV80NTU0MTM5XzgyOTg3MjU2X0JFRTQ2NkZE] [quote:Astromut:MV80NTU0MTM5XzgyOTg2Njc4X0Q0REZFNkMx] I really wonder about the legality of this in two parties consent states. Yes, to use the service you have to agree to the terms of service, including the recording of your voice for moderation purposes but I still wonder if that fully covers being recorded indefinitely in all future sessions on the device. For example, let's say that I have a PlayStation and I agreed to those terms of service on my account, but then my brother comes over later on and I let him play on the device with my account. He has not read the terms of service and has not been notified in any way about the potential for being recorded. In my state, both sides of the conversation have to consent to recording, otherwise it's illegal. I just wonder how that would shake out in a court case... At the very least I would think they would have to have a pop-up screen that asks the player to consent to be recorded every single time they launch a multiplayer game. [/quote] If I remember correctly this has already been taken to court with microsoft xbox recording movements and voice. It boiled down microsoft owning the software and the user signing the tos. The court ruled on the side of microsoft. [/quote]
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Some PlayStation 4 users who downloaded the latest 8.0 update got an unwelcome surprise this morning: their console informed them that Sony had the right to record their voice for moderation purposes.
Here is Sony’s exact language:
Following this update, users are seeing a notification about Party Safety and that voice chats in parties may be recorded. Voice chat recording for moderation is a feature that will be available on PS5 when it launches, and will enable users to record their voice chats on PS5 and submit them for moderation review. The pop up you’re seeing on PS4 right now is to let you know that when you participate in a chat with a PS5 user (post-launch), they may submit those recordings from their PS5 console to SIE.
To translate that statement, it seems that by joining a voice chat, even with the older PlayStation 4, your voice can be recorded and submitted to Sony for moderation by another user. This could certainly be invasive — in theory, anything you say in a voice chat could be sent to Sony without your explicit consent. But the feature could also be a useful tool to help people report bad party members that may be harassing them.
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