I'm shocked by this. Shocked I tell you.
It is a toss up what is more shocking between this and one of those "Giant pet alligator kills owner" type stories.
Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
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#22This is something I thought about VisionPro on an MDM in an edu environment.
I'm not sure I would want to ponder the focus and attention metrics of tweens.
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#24i... honestly thought they were already doing this? isn't that why they require accounts to use in the first place?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
If its like the iPhone situation, not much is collected
An iPhone is extremely chatty to Apple.com though even with iCloud etc turned off.
it doesn't sent my conversations, the shape of the rooms in my home, or my physical activity levels back to Apple, so there's that.
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#26> These policies only seem to apply to users who make use of a Meta account to access their Quest headsets Didn't they make it a requirement to use the Quest headsets?
Apparently people using old Oculus accounts are exempt. The strange thing here is the apparent lack of ability to opt out. It's pretty standard practice among data collection devices to at least have an option to turn it off, and since most people don't do so, it doesn't seem to have a large impact on analytics, but omitting an opt out except if using an account type that can no longer be created seems like a great w…
Meta forced Oculus users to migrate to a Meta account and accept the new terms permitting data collection
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#271. Sell product without invasive feature
2. Wait for people to buy many of said product
3. Implement invasive feature
4. Force captive users to comply since they have no real choice but stop using the expensive product otherwise