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

Temporary local copies can be shared with Nintendo through manual user reporting.

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[50me12]

This seems logical.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't as far as who might be upset by this.

The idea that there are some communication channels that are by design NOT private seems ok with me in some situations. A communication channel that involves a lot of minors participating, this seems acceptable.

 

[50me12]

Assuming they properly document this, and not just some text in a small print TOS agreement. I can't even record a zoom video without it broadcasting that this meeting is being recorded. I am certain there are state laws that would make this illegal without active both party consent.

We know why they are doing this, to cover there own ass with law enforcement. However, when inevitably it is abused by an employee and someone at Nintendo is downloading recordings of pre-teens playing games together, your gonna see the problem with this process existing.

I suspect Zoom's reasoning might be based in legal issues too, but also business concerns.

Most participants do in fact want to KNOW what the lay of the land on the call is. Nobody wants to negotiate / notify everyone on the call every time. The various video conferencing folks do have a vested interest in all parties being happy to use a service where ... otherwise they have a lot of choice.

 

[50me12]

Seems reasonable and logical...but the only time I see it falling apart is if they decided to try and filter for certain words and brick people's consoles because of an all-adult-players game session having people use adult-language in it. That could be problematic if it happened.

Generally, most companies seem to be happy with banning TOS violating accounts, but leaving the console itself unaltered as far as bad words goes and such.

This would seem to fit the whole online / voice service ToS pattern.