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Gonna rant but other than using 100% open source software what can we do? I think I kind of wish it was illegal to collect data without very explicit opt in and
by greggman2 7y ago
Gonna rant but other than using 100% open source software what can we do? I think I kind of wish it was illegal to collect data without very explicit opt in and no loss in functionality. (Note: HP apparently asked for permission
AFAIK Facebook spies on all Oculus usage. Every app you run on it, how often, even apps not from their store. Even not VR apps.
There is a law that a video rental store can not share your rental history. Facebook is going beyond that. Sure they know what apps I bought from their app store but they also know every non Oculus app as well. They aren't sharing it, or maybe they are to "trusted 3rd parties", but to me that's like the video rental store somehow tracking all videos I watch even ones not rented from them.
Note that I don't know that Steam and Valve are any better but I absolutely hate the idea that everything I do on my PC (or phone) is tracked.
I have no idea if Apple or Microsoft knows I watch ?? hours of video a week or what the names of the files are. Even my TV I have no idea if it reports every network connection back to Sony or that my Apple TV doesn't report similar things to Apple.
I feel like I want that kind of collection made illegal as an invasion of privacy with very large fines for non-compliance and I don't feel like my only option should be run nothing but open source software and by open source hardware.
...sigh...
- jstanley 7y ago> other than using 100% open source software what can we do? Why is that option not on the table? That is the thing to do.
- greggman2 7y agoBecause none of the software I want to run nor hardware I want to run is open source and there are no useful open source alternatives. AFAIK you can't use a Vive or an Oculus without proprietary drivers that spy on you. On top of which all the interesting content is also not open source. I don't actually mind paying for propretary software, especially entertainment software. I just care that now that all computers are networked nearly all software spies on you. Even an honest company is probably using 10, 20, 30 3rd party libraries which might also be spying on you.