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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft apologizes for employee's Xbox Durango
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Fri Apr 5 23:15:49 2013
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 19:57:12 -0700
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Microsoft apologizes for employee's Xbox Durango 'always-online' tweets
http://j.mp/10mgja9 (The Next Web)
"On Thursday, Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth sent out a
slew of tweets implying that he sees nothing wrong with rumors of
Microsoft's next Xbox, codenamed Durango, requiring an "always-on"
Internet connection to function. Unsurprisingly, the backlash from
users was massive, and although Orth ended up setting his Twitter
account to private to hide them from the general public, by then the
damage had already been done. Microsoft on Friday released an
official statement regarding the tweets: ..."
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As the song says, "When will they evvvvvver learn?"
Tweets are public. Public is public. Period.
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