Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
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Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#2> 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?
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#3> "Your audio data"
> "Certain data" about hand, body, and eye tracking
> Fitness-related information
> "Information about your physical environment and its dimensions"
> "Voice interactions"
That kind of data can 100% be matched back to a Facebook profile. There should be a legal definition of "anonymous data" so that companies like Facebook cannot have the opportunity to pretend they care about their user's privacy.
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Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#5> "Your audio data" > "Certain data" about hand, body, and eye tracking > Fitness-related information > "Information about your physical environment and its dimensions" > "Voice interactions" That kind of data can 100% be matched back to a Facebook profile. There should be a legal definition of "anonymous data" so that companies like Facebook cannot have the opportunity to pretend they care about their user's privacy…
Considering that the legal definitions of "PII" exclude quite a lot of actual PII, I don't have any faith that a legal definition of "anonymous data" would be any more accurate.
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#6I'm shocked by this. Shocked I tell you.
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#7I'm actually shocked Meta doesn't already do this. I wonder what anonymous usage data Apple is collecting on the Vision Pro.
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#8> "Your audio data" > "Certain data" about hand, body, and eye tracking > Fitness-related information > "Information about your physical environment and its dimensions" > "Voice interactions" That kind of data can 100% be matched back to a Facebook profile. There should be a legal definition of "anonymous data" so that companies like Facebook cannot have the opportunity to pretend they care about their user's privacy…
Considering that the legal definitions of "PII" exclude quite a lot of actual PII, I don't have any faith that a legal definition of "anonymous data" would be any more accurate.
Laws are not immutable.
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#9> 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?
Yeah, but "It's Not A Facebook Account! :)"
Everyone basically went with that line and called it "good" when I still thought it "a disaster" and the only response that typically comes after that is "well then just don't use it!" when there's no real good other alternatives on the market.
Re: Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage
#10> 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 way to alienate power users.
I commented here just recently that I found the privacy options on the Quest to be fine as they were implemented, and here they go and immediately change the terms just at the moment when Apple came in and made the Quest look like a great value for people who want to get into XR but don't want to pay $4k.
I'm not certain that Ars is right here about there being no opt-out, and even they don't seem to be sure, but I hope they're mistaken.