12-11-2019 11:45 AM
As
these changes roll out and we make it easier for people to connect and
build communities in VR, we’ll ask people to log into Facebook from the
Oculus Platform to use both the new social features above, as well as
existing social features like joining parties, adding friends, and
visiting other people’s Homes. These features are already powered by
Facebook, since Oculus is part of the Facebook family of apps. And now
first-party social interactions on the Oculus Platform will be backed by
Facebook identity, allowing us to help keep people safer in VR as we
grow the social VR ecosystem.
12-13-2019 05:53 AM
Shadowmask72 said:
Always stirring the pot Kevin or in this case boiled frog. 😄
12-13-2019 08:05 AM
Spuzzum said:
snowdog said:
It really isn't a problem tbh. Just create a dummy Facebook account. Job done.
I've always had my Facebook account linked with my Oculus account so it's not going to make any difference to me personally, but if you have a problem with it just create a dummy account and don't go near the thing ever again.
And anyone stressing out about the data that Facebook have access to is about 25 years too late. Google has probably known your inside leg measurement and what sort of porn you like to watch since the 90s.
I'm already using a fake last name on my last account, that's now dormant, because they don't actually let you delete your account anymore. So, with a 'new' fake account, what happens to all your previously purchased games, that are under your original 'authentic' Oculus account? That's what worries me. Or, if you can simply sign into Venues, without changing your Oculus account...alrighty then. Or if they let me make my original Facebook account invisible, then I'd be ok. But right now, if I reopen my account, I'd pop up on my friend's feeds, therefore, telling any stalkers I'm back online. Just imagine a battered woman, trying to stay hidden from an ex...should she be forced to open a Facebook account just to use an Oculus Quest? This is absolute bullshit.
12-13-2019 08:29 AM
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12-13-2019 09:16 AM
snowdog said:
Spuzzum said:
snowdog said:
It really isn't a problem tbh. Just create a dummy Facebook account. Job done.
I've always had my Facebook account linked with my Oculus account so it's not going to make any difference to me personally, but if you have a problem with it just create a dummy account and don't go near the thing ever again.
And anyone stressing out about the data that Facebook have access to is about 25 years too late. Google has probably known your inside leg measurement and what sort of porn you like to watch since the 90s.
I'm already using a fake last name on my last account, that's now dormant, because they don't actually let you delete your account anymore. So, with a 'new' fake account, what happens to all your previously purchased games, that are under your original 'authentic' Oculus account? That's what worries me. Or, if you can simply sign into Venues, without changing your Oculus account...alrighty then. Or if they let me make my original Facebook account invisible, then I'd be ok. But right now, if I reopen my account, I'd pop up on my friend's feeds, therefore, telling any stalkers I'm back online. Just imagine a battered woman, trying to stay hidden from an ex...should she be forced to open a Facebook account just to use an Oculus Quest? This is absolute bullshit.
An Oculus account != a Facebook account. They're separate things. Oculus/Facebook are saying that you need a Facebook account to be linked to your existing Oculus account to take part in online features in the future. So you stick with your current Oculus account that you're using, go to Facebook and create an account under an assumed name (Fred Bloggs) and link it to your Oculus account. So when you log in to your Oculus account it's associated with your dummy Facebook account.
If you're a battered woman then that ex will be looking for Mrs Jane Doe, not Mr Fred Bloggs.
12-13-2019 09:38 AM
OmegaM4N said:
My only worry with this is that the fake FB account will just leech all your real personal details anyway once your real Oculus VR account is linked to it, so what you will have is a fake FB account that will have access to your real oculus account and all your personal info, location, payment details, transactions and so on. 😕Personally for me i have no interest in any kind of FB account, fake or real, but at this point i only have the CV1 which is out of warrenty, and despite having the quest and S in my Argos trolley on numerous occasions i did not drop the hammer on either, so by luck i may have dodged a bullet, oh well. lol
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