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Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by mrkramer »

m4tthumphrey wrote: post #43
mrkramer wrote: post #34

Metaverse is Zuckerberg's wet dream. I always remember Virtual Sex Scene from Demolition Man[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3yARIfDJrY :)

"Ewwww you mean the exchange of bodily fluids!" What a film! I do not appreciate this work of art being compared to Zucks wet dream tho!

>I do not appreciate this work of art being compared to Zucks wet dream tho!

You can put your Oculus VR headset, connect to the internet and have sex with anyone from the Facebook ofc if they are of legal age and they give you permission. ;)

That can be marketing pitch for Facebook's VR headset!

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by suscialmadia »

izzydata wrote: post #32
neodymiumphish wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm positive they will still correlate activity from your Meta account with your FB. One possible point of this is to keep Meta users with access to their purchased content while Facebook maintains their ability to block/restrict user access on the platform.

But I don't have a Facebook account so what is there to correlate?

You may not have an account on Facebook, but Facebook has an account on you.

It gets populated with data uploaded by other people, JavaScript widgets on random web pages that you visit, etc.

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by fardo »

izzydata wrote: post #32
neodymiumphish wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm positive they will still correlate activity from your Meta account with your FB. One possible point of this is to keep Meta users with access to their purchased content while Facebook maintains their ability to block/restrict user access on the platform.

But I don't have a Facebook account so what is there to correlate?

Facebook maintains “shadow profile” accounts for people who have not personally made an account [1], the answer to your question is “whatever information your friends and family exposed on your behalf and which is linkable to you”.

[1] https://medium.com/@SpiderOak/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-pro...

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by karaterobot »

I gave my Quest away when they announced they were requiring a Facebook account. I liked it, but ultimately decided it had been a mistake to use something owned by Facebook, and I should have seen where it would go. Maybe I did, but had been too excited by the idea of VR. I'm not going to buy another device now, expecting that their fundamental nature as a company will eventually win out. It's a frog/scorpion situation with them.

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by CharlesW »

vkou wrote: post #12
superkuh wrote: post #7

This is a bait and switch. There's no reason to believe that Facebook will remain benevolent in the future. They will switch back to requiring some thing they can use to collect and sell your personal data even if it's not called Facebook. That was the point of them buying Oculus. They never tried to make money on the hardware.

> That was the point of them buying (and ruining) Oculus. The point of them buying Oculus is because MZ thinks that VR might be the future, and he wants to own that space (Lest Facebook fade into irrelevance as a one-trick pony). I'm of the opinion that the data they could slurp up from mining your VR usage is of limited use, because it won't meaningfully improve ad targeting. And if it doesn't improve ad targeting,…

> I'm of the opinion that the data they could slurp up from mining your VR usage is of limited use, because it won't meaningfully improve ad targeting.

Facebook is going to get lots more data than they get from you on desktop and mobile.

“…one of the things I’m really excited about for future versions is getting eye tracking and face tracking in.” — Mark Zuckerberg

https://uploadvr.com/zuckerberg-eye-face-tracking-quest-3/

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by Patrol8394 »

I am super bearish on Meta:

- why would anyone trust Meta/FB on anything they say or trust them with your data

- FB became popular because it was easy to use, it was just about uploading and commenting on photos. I don't see any of my family members buying a VR device and connect in metaverse ... there is no way ..

- I don't think people will ever use VR devices for the sole purpose of having meeting, video works just fine

The metaverse does not make sense, what it makes sense is AR, and Apple will be the one dominating the space.

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by mahastore »

groovybits wrote: post #45
izzydata wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But I don't have a Facebook account so what is there to correlate?

Facebook indeed collects data on non-users https://www.howtogeek.com/768652/what-are-facebook-shadow-pr...

It is deeper than that. After I google for anything , I generally see advertisements in my Facebook app for the specific thing. There is certainly some invisible link between Goog and Febu.

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by ipaddr »

prophesi wrote: post #36

You'll still need to add an email address, your name, DOB, a phone number, and payment info. To retain your privacy, you can easily create an email alias and put in a fake name and DOB. A paid Twilio number should work. A privacy.com (or similar service) should also work.

A paid twilio number doesn't work.

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by jraph »

martindbp wrote: post #40

> Your “Friends” will now become “Followers,” similar to Instagram’s existing model. Don't see how this makes sense for VR, where you probably want to hang out with your friends and play games. Followers?

On the contrary! VR takes "following" to the next level. An abstraction that suddenly becomes much more concrete and literal. It is beautiful.

At last it becomes truly creepy and not just vaguely concerning.

You don't need to be in the street to be followed anymore, you can now stay at home for this.

(please don't take my comment seriously, I just wanted to share a though that was very entertaining to me)

Re: Meta Accounts: A New Login for VR

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Post by growt »

bombcar wrote: post #39
lordofgibbons wrote: post #21

Just after leaks of a killer VR headset from Valve? No thank you, Meta. For those not in the know, Valve is coming out with a successor to the Index headset called Valve Deckard. They'll probably announce it later this year. From the leaked information, it looks like an absolute beast of a headset.

Deckard Cain? Stay while and listen.

More likely named after Rick Deckard (Blade Runner)? After all Diablo is a Blizzard IP.
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