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create a new facebook account just for this and dont use it ever ?
by cyrux004 6y ago
create a new facebook account just for this and dont use it ever ?
- numpad0 6y agoIf you make a Facebook account and tie it to VR goggles, you’re not “not using it ever” but polar opposite of it...
- oefnak 6y agoThey would definitely connect the dots. Same home WiFi, for starters.
- cyrux004 6y agonow that would be an interesting experiment to see how and if they figure that out
- slipheen 6y agoThis also involves agreeing to the Facebook ToS.
- mortenjorck 6y agoOne of two things happens. A) An algorithm flags your newly-created account as "inauthentic" and now you have to submit a copy of your driver's license to Facebook just to use a piece of consumer electronics you bought. B) A different algorithm puts the pieces together and deduces that your burner account is the same identity as the real Facebook account you stopped using years ago or perhaps even "deleted." Nothing escapes the big-data inferences of The Graph.
- t0mbstone 6y agoI don't know... Facebook hasn't detected a single one of my 6 fake facebook accounts, and I've had them for years. I have been using one of them with my Quest ever since I got it, and they still haven't caught on. Maybe I'm slipping through their net because my accounts are old?
- GekkePrutser 6y agoYes you are. They scrutinise new accounts much more now.
- zmmmmm 6y agoThe problem with this, is that all your purchases in the Oculus store become tied to that account. So then if you build up a library worth perhaps hundreds or even thousands of dollars (as I already have), you are running the risk of losing it all if at any point in time Facebook flags your account. The only narrow path to mitigating this is if you buy everything through SteamVR but that really hugely limits your options, and it's not at all clear to me it would not also run into problems as Facebook could easily associate your Steam account to your fake facebook account.