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 11:53 PM
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.
12-14-2019 04:34 AM
12-14-2019 06:26 AM
Spuzzum said:
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.
It needed the same name as the Oculus account. I made a new FB account using a fake last name, then went to link my Oculus account to the FB account, and was greeted with a login, with my Oculus account name listed. They needed to match. So I then changed the last name on the new FB account to my real last name, then made it as invisible as possible...made sure everything modifiable was set to 'only me', including birth date and city I live.
As for the battered woman and a fake name...they found me with a fake name within 2 days. If you don't have friends, then that's fine, but as soon as you have friends, you show up in their feeds, and their list of friends. That's how they track you down.
12-14-2019 06:53 AM
snowdog said:
Spuzzum said:
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.
It needed the same name as the Oculus account. I made a new FB account using a fake last name, then went to link my Oculus account to the FB account, and was greeted with a login, with my Oculus account name listed. They needed to match. So I then changed the last name on the new FB account to my real last name, then made it as invisible as possible...made sure everything modifiable was set to 'only me', including birth date and city I live.
As for the battered woman and a fake name...they found me with a fake name within 2 days. If you don't have friends, then that's fine, but as soon as you have friends, you show up in their feeds, and their list of friends. That's how they track you down.
It doesn't need the same name as your Oculus account as far as I remember. My Oculus account name is snowdog, my Facebook account name is Harv Setterfield.
Zenbane has created a second Facebook name without a problem.
And the whole point of setting up a dummy Facebook account is to NOT have any friends associated with it. Jane Doe's friends and Jane Doe's ex husband won't have a clue that Fred Bloggs exists if she doesn't tell anyone about it.
Am I missing something here?
12-14-2019 07:45 AM
Spuzzum said:
snowdog said:
Spuzzum said:
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.
It needed the same name as the Oculus account. I made a new FB account using a fake last name, then went to link my Oculus account to the FB account, and was greeted with a login, with my Oculus account name listed. They needed to match. So I then changed the last name on the new FB account to my real last name, then made it as invisible as possible...made sure everything modifiable was set to 'only me', including birth date and city I live.
As for the battered woman and a fake name...they found me with a fake name within 2 days. If you don't have friends, then that's fine, but as soon as you have friends, you show up in their feeds, and their list of friends. That's how they track you down.
It doesn't need the same name as your Oculus account as far as I remember. My Oculus account name is snowdog, my Facebook account name is Harv Setterfield.
Zenbane has created a second Facebook name without a problem.
And the whole point of setting up a dummy Facebook account is to NOT have any friends associated with it. Jane Doe's friends and Jane Doe's ex husband won't have a clue that Fred Bloggs exists if she doesn't tell anyone about it.
Am I missing something here?
When I linked my account, I did it through the Oculus app on the pc. I guess I made a mistake somewhere then.
As for the Jane Doe and her ex...the whole point of being on Facebook is to interact with friends and family. As soon as she changes her account, and reconnects with her friends, it shows on their feed as X just became friends with Y. Then if your stalker knows you, they know your friends. They just have to wait and see when your friends all become friends with the same person again.
12-14-2019 08:29 AM
snowdog said:
Spuzzum said:
snowdog said:
Spuzzum said:
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.
It needed the same name as the Oculus account. I made a new FB account using a fake last name, then went to link my Oculus account to the FB account, and was greeted with a login, with my Oculus account name listed. They needed to match. So I then changed the last name on the new FB account to my real last name, then made it as invisible as possible...made sure everything modifiable was set to 'only me', including birth date and city I live.
As for the battered woman and a fake name...they found me with a fake name within 2 days. If you don't have friends, then that's fine, but as soon as you have friends, you show up in their feeds, and their list of friends. That's how they track you down.
It doesn't need the same name as your Oculus account as far as I remember. My Oculus account name is snowdog, my Facebook account name is Harv Setterfield.
Zenbane has created a second Facebook name without a problem.
And the whole point of setting up a dummy Facebook account is to NOT have any friends associated with it. Jane Doe's friends and Jane Doe's ex husband won't have a clue that Fred Bloggs exists if she doesn't tell anyone about it.
Am I missing something here?
When I linked my account, I did it through the Oculus app on the pc. I guess I made a mistake somewhere then.
As for the Jane Doe and her ex...the whole point of being on Facebook is to interact with friends and family. As soon as she changes her account, and reconnects with her friends, it shows on their feed as X just became friends with Y. Then if your stalker knows you, they know your friends. They just have to wait and see when your friends all become friends with the same person again.
This is why Jane Doe needs to make a DUMMY account. She can keep her Jane Doe account with all of her friends intact and create a separate account under the name of Fred Bloggs. Zenbane has done it so I can't see why Jane Doe can't do the same.
12-14-2019 10:22 AM
12-14-2019 12:43 PM
12-14-2019 01:13 PM
snowdog said:
This is why Jane Doe needs to make a DUMMY account. She can keep her Jane Doe account with all of her friends intact and create a separate account under the name of Fred Bloggs. Zenbane has done it so I can't see why Jane Doe can't do the same.
12-14-2019 02:05 PM