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0 pointscodezero5y ago0 comments

Having your IP address is identifiable enough (combined with all the other joys of big data) to Facebook and its marketing wing, so don't feel too confident, but if you don't care, then that's kind of the point.

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ccktlmazeltov5y ago

I mean at this point... seeing ads on VR instead of toothpaste might be a win

ryanSrich5y ago

Wondering if creating burning accounts for everything would prevent any tracking. Basically

- create burner gmail

- create burner oculus name/account

- create burner Facebook account

- always use a VPN

It seems like you could completely remain anonymous and provide Facebook with data they could never correlate to a real person.

rightbyte5y ago

What do VPN help if you have Facebook firmware on your computer? You also need to never play with friends with the Rift online, or let them borrow your Wifi, etc. If you have Facebook apps or hardware you leak fingerprinting bits. The Rift has bluetooth for the controllers right? Better put it in a Farradays cage because your neighbors will rat on you to Zuckerberg.

There is no having a tiny bit of Facebook. If you give them a finger ...

xlii5y ago

Did you try to make a burner Facebook account? I tried doing this since my client needed something to be verified through FB and I don't have an account.

After initial login I was asked to verify myself by either providing ID (sic!) or a phone number.

Well, seems that after 2023 I'll just trash my Quest.

ryanSrich5y ago

Whoa really? I deleted my Facebook in 2014, so I had no idea they actually did ID verification. If this is the case I guess you could spin up a burner number on Twilio, but this seems like a lot of work to go through. I have a Quest and will likely try these steps, but no way will I ever give Facebook my real identity.

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ccktlmazeltov5y ago

I mean at this point... seeing ads on VR instead of toothpaste might be a win

ryanSrich5y ago

Wondering if creating burning accounts for everything would prevent any tracking. Basically

- create burner gmail

- create burner oculus name/account

- create burner Facebook account

- always use a VPN

It seems like you could completely remain anonymous and provide Facebook with data they could never correlate to a real person.

rightbyte5y ago

There is no having a tiny bit of Facebook. If you give them a finger ...

xlii5y ago

Did you try to make a burner Facebook account? I tried doing this since my client needed something to be verified through FB and I don't have an account.

After initial login I was asked to verify myself by either providing ID (sic!) or a phone number.

Well, seems that after 2023 I'll just trash my Quest.

ryanSrich5y ago

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