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vonmoltke
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If Logged into Facebook, Oculus VR Data Will Now B...
The article also says Facebook claims that data is remaining local and will not be used for advertising.
ComodoHacker
on Dec 12, 2019
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Facebook is well known for such claims, about Instagram, WhatsApp and other things. Data inference may very well be done locally.
vonmoltke
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So you think they are lying in a legally-binding document? If that's the case, they would be doing this already and this change would be irrelevant.
ComodoHacker
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The article cites answers they had received from Facebook, not "legally-binding document".
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The VR data is local but the fact that you own the device gets sent so ads can be displayed targetting VR owners.
So they are not breaking any laws while still targetting you for owning the unit.
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