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I don't really actually understand how Valve can answer "no" to the data collection questions. If they have an inside-out tracking system, then they implicitly
by swiftcoder 19d ago
I don't really actually understand how Valve can answer "no" to the data collection questions.
If they have an inside-out tracking system, then they implicitly obtain biometric and environment data (user height, room layout). If they have a microphone, then they implicitly obtain data about humans talking inside your house. If they have an App Store, then they implicitly obtain data about apps installed on your device and the use time thereof.
Now, what they do with that data after the fact is almost certainly less nefarious than Meta - but they do by definition collect that data.
- Aeolun 19d agoOnly if you think of the headset as being Valve’s. I think the think it’s the user using their own headset to run software that tracks them. I know, that’s an almost absurd concept in this day and age. But apparently it is possible.
- account42 19d agoDoes Valve collect that data or the owner of the device?
- swiftcoder 19d agoValve-authored software running on Valve-built hardware collects the data, and in some cases, that data is transmitted to Valve's servers (per Valve's own privacy policy). I get that a lot of people have a hard-on for Valve, but we wouldn't give any other tech company the benefit of the doubt that reviewers are giving here.
- koolala 19d agoYour computer using data and their servers collecting it over the internet is different.
- swiftcoder 19d agoAt least in the 3rd case they definitely collect it over the internet (the steam store is pretty inherently an online system)