The BBC is reporting:
Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission. The ad featuring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul has the actor say "Xbox On" near its start. The instruction appears to trigger the machine's Kinect voice/motion sensor, activating the console. A spokesman for the firm said it had no comment at this time, but noted that previous ads had also featured voice commands.
I'm sure there's a relevant XKCD comic regarding voice control being a bad idea, but can't seem to find it.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Saturday June 14 2014, @07:08AM
If a spoken command can "switch it on" then it wasn't really off. If it were off, it could not process the sound.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 14 2014, @08:22AM
just because the camera light isn't being illuminated doesn't mean you aren't being recorded either
(Score: 3, Informative) by Kunasou on Saturday June 14 2014, @09:03AM
Exactly, since people doesn't care about their whole family being watched...
If you want to power off your Xbox One just unplug it.
(Score: 1) by larku on Saturday June 14 2014, @09:13AM
I'm probably being paranoid but I keep a sticker over all my device embedded cameras unless they're being used - except for my phone but that sits with the camera down.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 14 2014, @10:53AM
I figure you don't have an iPhone.
(Score: 1) by larku on Sunday June 15 2014, @12:42AM
You figure correctly :)