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Re: that "yet". I noticed that after a recent update on my Quest the OS gave me a pop-up about a new feature, that when enabled would allow the device to rememb

Re: that "yet". I noticed that after a recent update on my Quest the OS gave me a pop-up about a new feature, that when enabled would allow the device to remember my play boundaries and restore them automatically rather than requiring they be re-entered every time the system gets confused about where I am. I was a little confused why it didn't just turn that on by default, it seemed like a straight upgrade to the current handling and shouldn't require anything but a bit of local storage. Scrolling down in the pop-up I was informed that enabling the feature would authorize Facebook to scan my surroundings and upload a complete map of them to use for whatever purposes they desired. I guess they legally need consent for that, and tying a feature improvement to data collection is still totally allowed somehow. So I imagine that they are building that real-world dataset presently.

dTal 3y ago
>I guess they legally need consent for that, and tying a feature improvement to data collection is still totally allowed somehow. As egregious as this is, it still doesn't strike me as nakedly insulting as Google's refusal to let you turn on the (entirely passive!) GPS receiver on your phone without uploading your precise location to their servers, for similar data collection purposes. I'd love to see this sort of thing be made illegal, but the only regulatory domain with an Overton window even close to that is the EU, and it's such a minefield of potential gray areas that I doubt it would get off the ground even there.