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Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data about Quest headset usage

by laurent123456 on 2/27/24, 5:46 PM with 25 comments

  • by laurent123456 on 2/27/24, 5:58 PM

    > "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.

  • by ChrisLTD on 2/27/24, 6:22 PM

    I'm actually shocked Meta doesn't already do this. I wonder what anonymous usage data Apple is collecting on the Vision Pro.

  • by KomoD on 2/27/24, 5:57 PM

    > 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?

  • by erellsworth on 2/27/24, 6:16 PM

    I'm shocked by this. Shocked I tell you.

  • by nusl on 2/28/24, 8:47 AM

    1. 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

  • by plussed_reader on 2/27/24, 11:18 PM

    This 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.

  • by hruzgar on 2/27/24, 10:25 PM

    This is very concerning!

  • by ambichook on 2/27/24, 11:38 PM

    i... honestly thought they were already doing this? isn't that why they require accounts to use in the first place?