We knew this was coming the moment Facebook bought Oculus. Fuckers can’t help themselves.
Took them longer than expected tbf
DarthBlue007: Just based on the email, I assumed that while you used to be able to opt out of the “help us make a better product data” that’s not going to be the case going forward.
Choice_Interview_671: With all this so-called data they collect it seems like they’d be able to put all of my games they lost on my headset when they unlinked my Facebook. It’s been over 20 days now me asking for a supervisor. They have proof of my purchases so I don’t understand why they can’t just add them back on an email I provide them with. So ridiculous the customers service. At this point I don’t know if I go to a lawyer better business bureau or what
scandrewlous: Pirate the games you lost. There’s no downside, and if you already paid for them you’re definitely not stealing.
DarthBlue007: It’s from what I call “the big box mentality”. Big companies don’t give their employees enough training or authority to solve problems on their own making for a frustrating experience trying to get to someone high up enough to be able to do something. And that person is overloaded.
stulifer: Anonymized my ass.
CaptainIncredible: I actually think they do collect something about ass size… BUT they associate your ass size with a couple of asterisks in your name to cover up a couple of letters… so its perfectly ok. :D
colombient: Big bro be watching
RepresentativeDig859: Literally 1984
PrestigiousHandle332: Oh wow… Go find out
lforleee2004: The privacy boat sailed a decade ago
KTTalksTech: And before that they were just using your data without asking lol
VolcanicBear: What happened when you clicked the link the email told you to if you wanted to read more?
Pastaaaaaaaaaaaaa1: People do that?
VolcanicBear: I don’t, because it is extremely unlikely that it will have an effect on my behaviour.
I would expect someone complaining about not being told what the changes are to though.
BeatsLikeWenckebach: Click the link
CHARpieHS: Lol, this
FRK299: meanwhile Quest 3 owners, “what more data”
!I’m just joking about the fact that they only mentioned Quest 2 and Pro =P!<
DesaCr8: Anyone in the EU got this?
VolcanicBear: Cries in Brexit, but no not in the UK either.
QuinrodD: Not yet, but being in the EU should allow us to opt out at least, if they even send it
ChrisRR: I suspect it’s one of those things where you have to opt in to get software updates
SleepingGecko: GDPR does not cover truly anonymized data, so it may not be possible to opt out
Katalapentu: Not yet, atleast for me
SupaBrunch: “Would be nice to know what it is”… did you not read the last sentence of the email?
ILoveRegenHealth: But is it penile data or what. I don’t like surprises.
ScriptM: Would this throttle my internet connection? Slow down speed? If it is constantly monitoring, it interferes with full speed
KTTalksTech: No more than cookies on any web browser or any other of the countless analytics services that now run on basically every single website. It’s just a few packets of data sent once in a while to describe how you’ve been interacting with the device and various services. The good part is that it lets them know if something is more popular than expected or whether new features gain any interest. The bad part is that they’re probably just gonna use the data to make advertising more effective.
sureiknowabaggins: No
josephjosephson: TBF, this should probably be illegal. When you go to the link, you are given an entire page of all their data collection policies, only one section which relates to the above email, and it then does not provide details but instead links out to another page which hasn’t been updated since 10/23 so it clearly does not describe these changes.
I have a Q3 and it’s linked to just an email account, but they can go F themselves either way.
NewShadowR: Let me tell you what feels even more illegal. Did you know by default, all screenshots and video are automatically uploaded into their servers? Say if you were to accidentally take or move a compromising video into your media folder, it goes up into the cloud within 3 seconds, syncs to your meta phone app. Even if you factory reset your quest, you are no longer able to delete that video. To delete a picture or video you must individually press unsync on the file in your quest media gallery. If you somehow delete it in any other way, then there is no way to delete it on your own.
You can read more about it here. Stay safe buddy.
viiksisiippa: That’s the biggest reason why Quest 3 has better passthrough. Just imagine all the data Meta is able to gather from your home. And to all you VR porn users, oh boy. Meta is Facebook after all.
Gloomy_Narwhal_719: I’ve been wanting to post my insane conspiracy theory, this is the perfect chance:
That bright flash as you boot the headset? It’s on purpose. You can’t tell me they don’t have some sort of sensor that takes a “snapshot” of the person in the headset. Maybe just to see if it’s an old user vs new, whatever, but I FULLY believe it’s transferring some sort of sensor data “home” that has a “bit” of facial recognition.
No-Instruction9393: I think you want this sub: r/tinfoilhat
KTTalksTech: You can literally take the headset apart and check whether there are any cameras or weird senors in there 🤦🏻♂️ it’s not some magic black box. Also getting repeat photos of your face at every start-up seems like useless information…
There is a Quest model with more than a proximity sensor in it, the quest pro has cameras aimed directly at your pupils to know what you’re looking at. The apple vision pro has a fancier version of that same setup that lets it track some facial movement as well to reproduce it on an avatar for that hideous outside screen.
Lujho: I can tell you that. There’s no user facing camera in the headset. If you want to go through the ifixit teardown video and show us where such a camera is, feel free.
hawklost: Obviously they knew ifixit would tear one down and made sure that the people got one without a camera! /s
